Running head: Data Collections 1 Data Collections 9 Data collection, instruments, and procedures Annette Williams ECE660: Action Research and Inquiry in Education Instructor Dr. Krummick February 10, 2020 Data collection- Qualitative One of the qualitative instruments that would be used is the interview. Five teachers would be invited to take the interview. The interview questions would be developed based on the level of motivation towards science learning. The teachers would, however, be asked whether they find it difficult to motivate students and whether can increase the motivation level of students towards science learning. They would also be asked to give the attributes of motivated students, suggest several ways in which the motivation level of students towards science learning could be improved and whether or not making a connection between science learning and real-world issues would make students more interested in science learning. The teachers to be interviewed should have taught first graders in the science subject. This is because the first-graders teachers have interacted with the students before, and they could be knowing the strategies that are most effective in ensuring that students are motivated to learn science. The interviews would be useful in collecting the views of teachers about student motivation in science learning. “Interviews are useful to explore experiences, views, opinions, or beliefs on specific matters” (Gerstner, 2017, p.12). The intervention suggested is to connect science learning to real-world issues to increase the level of motivation among students. It would, therefore, be good to ask teachers about its effectiveness when used as a teaching strategy in science teaching. Comment by Juliet Krummick: This is a great section. However, it needs more support. “fully supported with research, literature, and the textbook.” Data collection- Quantitative The quantitative instrument to be used is the survey. The Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) would be used to determine the most effective way of motivating students in science learning. Some of the dimensions of the survey would include uncertainty and personal relevance. "Uncertainty dimension aims to assess student perception about the tentative nature of science and their experience in the uncertainty of scientific knowledge" (Cetin-Dindar, 2016, p.243). The effectiveness of connecting science learning to real-world issues would be evaluated. Some of the items in the constructivist learning environment survey would include: "Williams would enjoy watching educational videos during science learning", 'In this science class, she learn about the world outside school", "Williams motivation level in learning science would be increased if there were more science laboratory experiments”, “Williams would be more motivated to learn science if there were more activities”. A five-point scale would be used to give responses to the ite.

1. Running head: Data Collections 1
Data Collections 9
Data collection, instruments, and procedures
Annette Williams
ECE660: Action Research and Inquiry in Education
Instructor Dr. Krummick
February 10, 2020
Data collection- Qualitative
One of the qualitative instruments that would be used is the
interview. Five teachers would be invited to take the interview.
The interview questions would be developed based on the level
of motivation towards science learning. The teachers would,
however, be asked whether they find it difficult to motivate
students and whether can increase the motivation level of
students towards science learning. They would also be asked to
give the attributes of motivated students, suggest several ways
in which the motivation level of students towards science
learning could be improved and whether or not making a

2. connection between science learning and real-world issues
would make students more interested in science learning.
The teachers to be interviewed should have taught first graders
in the science subject. This is because the first-graders teachers
have interacted with the students before, and they could be
knowing the strategies that are most effective in ensuring that
students are motivated to learn science. The interviews would
be useful in collecting the views of teachers about student
motivation in science learning. “Interviews are useful to explore
experiences, views, opinions, or beliefs on specific matters”
(Gerstner, 2017, p.12). The intervention suggested is to connect
science learning to real-world issues to increase the level of
motivation among students. It would, therefore, be good to ask
teachers about its effectiveness when used as a teaching strategy
in science teaching. Comment by Juliet Krummick: This is a
great section. However, it needs more support. “fully supported
with research, literature, and the textbook.”
Data collection- Quantitative
The quantitative instrument to be used is the survey. The
Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) would be
used to determine the most effective way of motivating students
in science learning. Some of the dimensions of the survey would
include uncertainty and personal relevance. "Uncertainty
dimension aims to assess student perception about the tentative
nature of science and their experience in the uncertainty of
scientific knowledge" (Cetin-Dindar, 2016, p.243). The
effectiveness of connecting science learning to real-world issues
would be evaluated. Some of the items in the constructivist
learning environment survey would include: "Williams would
enjoy watching educational videos during science learning", 'In
this science class, she learn about the world outside school",
"Williams motivation level in learning science would be
increased if there were more science laboratory experiments”,
“Williams would be more motivated to learn science if there
were more activities”.
A five-point scale would be used to give responses to the items

3. in the survey. The elementary school students would be required
to give their thoughts genuinely. "The responses were in five-
point scale: Rarely, Seldom, Sometimes, Often, and Almost
Always; and they were scored from one to five respectively."
The responses given in the survey would determine the
effectiveness of strategies that teachers use to connect science
learning to real-world issues. Students would be given
instructions before they take the survey. This is because they
would need to know that it was just a survey and not a test, and
they were allowed to give different answers. Comment by
Juliet Krummick: Same thing here. “fully supported with
research, literature, and the textbook.”
Constructivist learning environment survey: Comment by
Juliet Krummick: Your instrument should be in the appendix
section. I added a heading following the reference page. Here I
would quickly describe what your instrument includes and say
to see appendix A for the example tool.
Item
Almost never
Seldom
Sometimes
Often
Almost always
In this science class, learning about the world outside school
Their motivation for science learning is increased when they
conduct science experiments.

4. They often enjoy it when we are learning science activities.
Enjoying watching educational videos on science.
The motivation for science learning would increase if there was
a connection with real-world issues
The teaching strategy affects their attitude towards science
learning

5. Data collection considerations:
To establish credibility, techniques such as prolonged
engagement, persistent observation, and member checks. Before
the survey is given out to the respondents, adequate time would
be spent with them. This would help determine whether or not
they could be having any other reasons for not being motivated
in science learning. Spending time with the students would also
determine whether they could be having health issues that could
prevent them from taking the survey. It would also be good to
ensure that they get used to the person who would give out the
survey. When adequate time is spent, a researcher builds trust
with the respondents. He/she is also able to learn about the
culture of both students and teachers. Comment by Juliet
Krummick: This sentence would be clearer if you flip it.
Adequate time would be spent with respondents before the
survey is given. Comment by Juliet Krummick: ? This is
random information. Everyone should be able to take the survey
unless absent. Comment by Juliet Krummick: Won’t the teacher
be handing out the survey? Comment by Juliet Krummick:
Are you going to spend time with the respondents? If so, you
need a reference here to support this idea.
Persistent observation would also be used to establish
credibility. Persistent observation would be useful to provide
depth. "… the purpose of persistent observation is to identify
those characteristics and elements in the situation that are most
relevant to the problem or issue being pursued and focusing on
them in detail" (Lincoln & Guba, 1985, p.304). Another strategy
used to establish credibility was member checking. To member
check, the interpretations and data would be taken to the
participants. Only the teachers would member check due to their
vast knowledge and experience in the field. The teachers would
first be asked to give consent to participate in the member
check. Thereafter, they would be given the analysis and all data
findings to member check. Comment by Juliet Krummick:

6. Would be… you haven’t completed the study yet. Comment by
Juliet Krummick: Here you should be discussing how the tools,
listed above, will cover all of these different elements. How
will interview and surveys provide credibility to your study?
External audits would be used to establish dependability. An
external researcher would be asked to research study. She would
evaluate the accuracy of the findings and interpretations of the
data. Triangulation would also be used to establish
confirmability of which two evaluators would be asked to
review both quantitative and qualitative data. Comment by
Juliet Krummick: This is another new thing. Unless it is listed
above and explained, it should not be used.
Data collection procedures:
Students who will participate in the study will be given consent
forms to be signed by their parents three weeks before the study
begins. Selecting twenty first graders to take part in the study.
The consent form will describe the study's purpose and benefits
to the students and the school. The identity of students will only
be known by the researcher for confidentiality purposes. The
research document will not include the names of students. The
student responses to the research will also be destroyed after
they are analyzed. Comment by Juliet Krummick: This is a
sentence fragment. Comment by Juliet Krummick: Are you
referring to the interview or the survey? If so, state that.
During the first week, students will be trained on how to answer
the survey. Before giving out the survey to the students, the
researcher will explain its purpose. The researcher will,
however, implement the intervention first and check whether it
has a positive effect on the motivation level of students later.
The first week will also involve the identification of relevant
topics, activities, and questions that enable students to connect
science learning and real-world issues. The timeline of topics to
be covered will be developed in the first week. The learning
objectives and outcomes will also be identified in the first
week. Comment by Juliet Krummick: Semi-colon
Students will conduct science lab experiments during the second

7. week. They will also go for a field trip to the museum on the
last day of the week. Teachers will present videos to their
students to demonstrate various concepts. They will also
prepare a rubric to assess the efforts of students in the third
week, students will be given the survey to answer. The
researcher will have two weeks to administer the survey and
provide results. Students will be required to give responses to
the effectiveness of different strategies used to connect science
learning with real-world issues. Students will be given forty
minutes to complete the survey. After students complete the
survey, the teachers will collect it and thank them for
participating. Comment by Juliet Krummick: The extra space
is not needed. There will be plenty of writing on the final.
Comment by Juliet Krummick: I added a page break so that
your reference page will always be on the next clean page.
REFERENCES Comment by Juliet Krummick: Be sure to use
our textbook.
Cetin-Dindar, A. (2016). Student Motivation in Constructivist
Learning Environment. Eurasia Comment by Juliet
Krummick: This is in APA formatting.
Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology
Education, 12(2).
Gerstner, G. M. (2017). Motivation: The Value of Developing
Intrinsic Motivation in Elementary School Students in Grades

8. Four Through Six (Doctoral dissertation, Concordia University
Irvine).
Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Qualitative research
guidelines project. Retrieved from. Comment by Juliet
Krummick: Where is this from?
Appendix A
Please place your survey here.