LOLA JACOBS ASSIGNMENTS 2023- 0618151315
CSP4801
Assignment number: 04
Year: 2023
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CSP4801 2023 Assignment 04:
Psychology of Education
This assignment must be uploaded as a PDF on myModules. Turnitin will generate
a similarity report. Highlighted sections reflect similarity to already published work.
These sections will need to be paraphrased (written in your own words and cite the
source). You may revise your assignment and re-submit. The maximum number of
attempts to submit an assignment is 3 (three).
Question 1
Educational Psychology aims at understanding how people learn. One of the ways to
understand how people learn is to evaluate their learning, thinking and behaviour. Two
school teachers (Teacher A and Teacher B) used two different methodologies to conduct
research involving Grade 5 learners.
Teacher A
Teacher A conducted a study involving 200 respondents, using a research instrument
with a scale to measure students’ behaviours. Table 1 is the scale the teacher used to
collect data; and Table 2 shows how data were analysed.
Table 1: Likert Scale
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree Not Sure
disagree agree
1. I get upset when
people take my
things
2. I am a moody
person
3. I
always
discourage
negative behaviour
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4. I like playing
with children older
than me
Table 2: Results Analysis
Questions Mean Standard Deviation Number of Respondents
Q.1
Q. 2
Q. 3
Q. 4
Teacher B:
Teacher B conducted a study to explore views of 5 participants on learner behaviours.
The teacher selected information-rich students to participate in the study. These are the
examples of questions that the teacher asked:
1. How do other learners behave when the teacher is not in the classroom?
2. What else do they do?
Critically describe the type of research conducted by each one of the teachers and give
justification for the choices they made. Use the following research elements as headings
for your answers: Research approach, Research methods, instruments, sampling
techniques and number of participants.
ANSWERS:
Research Approach:
Teacher A conducted a quantitative research approach, while Teacher B utilized a
qualitative research approach.
Teacher A's Research:
Research Methods: Teacher A used a survey research method to collect data. The survey
involved administering a Likert scale questionnaire to the Grade 5 learners to measure
their behaviors.
Instruments: The research instrument used by Teacher A was a Likert scale questionnaire
with four questions to assess students' behaviors.
Sampling Technique: Teacher A used a convenience sampling technique, where they
selected 200 respondents from the Grade 5 students who were readily available to
participate in the study.
CSP4801
Assignment number: 04
Year: 2023
, LOLA JACOBS ASSIGNMENTS 2023- 0618151315
CSP4801 2023 Assignment 04:
Psychology of Education
This assignment must be uploaded as a PDF on myModules. Turnitin will generate
a similarity report. Highlighted sections reflect similarity to already published work.
These sections will need to be paraphrased (written in your own words and cite the
source). You may revise your assignment and re-submit. The maximum number of
attempts to submit an assignment is 3 (three).
Question 1
Educational Psychology aims at understanding how people learn. One of the ways to
understand how people learn is to evaluate their learning, thinking and behaviour. Two
school teachers (Teacher A and Teacher B) used two different methodologies to conduct
research involving Grade 5 learners.
Teacher A
Teacher A conducted a study involving 200 respondents, using a research instrument
with a scale to measure students’ behaviours. Table 1 is the scale the teacher used to
collect data; and Table 2 shows how data were analysed.
Table 1: Likert Scale
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree Not Sure
disagree agree
1. I get upset when
people take my
things
2. I am a moody
person
3. I
always
discourage
negative behaviour
, LOLA JACOBS ASSIGNMENTS 2023- 0618151315
4. I like playing
with children older
than me
Table 2: Results Analysis
Questions Mean Standard Deviation Number of Respondents
Q.1
Q. 2
Q. 3
Q. 4
Teacher B:
Teacher B conducted a study to explore views of 5 participants on learner behaviours.
The teacher selected information-rich students to participate in the study. These are the
examples of questions that the teacher asked:
1. How do other learners behave when the teacher is not in the classroom?
2. What else do they do?
Critically describe the type of research conducted by each one of the teachers and give
justification for the choices they made. Use the following research elements as headings
for your answers: Research approach, Research methods, instruments, sampling
techniques and number of participants.
ANSWERS:
Research Approach:
Teacher A conducted a quantitative research approach, while Teacher B utilized a
qualitative research approach.
Teacher A's Research:
Research Methods: Teacher A used a survey research method to collect data. The survey
involved administering a Likert scale questionnaire to the Grade 5 learners to measure
their behaviors.
Instruments: The research instrument used by Teacher A was a Likert scale questionnaire
with four questions to assess students' behaviors.
Sampling Technique: Teacher A used a convenience sampling technique, where they
selected 200 respondents from the Grade 5 students who were readily available to
participate in the study.
