2. Introspection is the process of observing
and reporting on one's thoughts, feelings,
motives, reasoning process, and mental
states.
Two important data collection procedures:
1. Think-aloud protocols
2. The use of stimulated recall
3. Think-Aloud Protocols – in this type the
subjects complete a task or solve a
problem and verbalize their thought
process.
The researcher records the verbalization
and then analyzes the thought process the
subjects report.
As the person thinks aloud (i.e. talks
about his current thought processes), his
self-report is audio tape or video tape
recorded. It is then transcribed and the
written result is “protocol”.
4. Three levels of verbalization elicited from
research subjects:
1. Simply reporting – the vocalization of
covert articulatory or oral recordings as
required in the task
2. The second level involves some
description and explication of thought
content
3. The third level requires the subject to
explain his thought processes or
thoughts.
5. 2. Stimulated Recall – retrospective data
are collected from some time after the
events being investigated have taken place.
Using stimulated recall, the researcher
records a lesson and then gets the
researcher and when feasible, the
students comment on what was
happening at the time that the teaching
and learning took place.
