2009 IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on Communications Quality and Reliability

• Record Nr.: UNISA996209170403316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : I E E E, 2009
• ISBN: 1-5090-6816-3; 1-4244-4289-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 620
• Soggetti: Reliability (Engineering); Telecommunication - Quality control
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

The think-aloud controversy in second language research / / Melissa A. Bowles

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910972689003321
• Autore: Bowles Melissa A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, N.Y., : Routledge, 2010; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-14942-9; 1-135-14943-7; 1-282-58985-7; 9786612589850; 0-203-85633-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Collana: Second language acquisition research series: theoretical and methodological issues
• Disciplina: 418.007/2
• Soggetti: Second language acquisition - Research; Language and languages - Research; Thought and thinking - Study and teaching; English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-165) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Use of Verbal Reports in Language Research; 2 Controversy Over the Use of Think-Alouds: Reactivity; 3 Features that Make a Task Amenable to Think-Aloud: A Meta-Analysis of Studies Investigating the Validity of Think-Alouds on Verbal Tasks; 4 Data Collection Considerations; 5 Data Analysis Considerations; 6 Conclusion; Appendix A: Studies Included in the Meta-Analysis; Appendix B: Summary of Unique Sample Studies; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Think-Aloud Controversy in Second Language Research aims to answer key questions about the validity and uses of think-alouds, verbal reports completed by research participants while they perform a task. It offers an overview of how think-alouds have been used in language research and presents a quantitative meta-analysis of ; findings from studies involving verbal tasks and think-alouds. The book begins by presenting the theoretical background and empirical research that has examined the reactivity of think-alouds, then offers guidance regarding the practical issues of data collecti