LEADER 07636nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910821065003321 005 20240919170022.0 010 $a1-282-89737-3 010 $a9786612897375 010 $a90-272-8796-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055171 035 $a(OCoLC)697608514 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10429909 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000780438 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11475967 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780438 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10803563 035 $a(PQKB)10957365 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC623317 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL623317 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10429909 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL289737 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055171 100 $a20100601d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAppraising research in second language learning $ea practical approach to critical analysis of quantitative research /$fGraeme Keith Porte 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub. Company$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 225 1 $aLanguage learning & language teaching ;$v28 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a90-272-1995-8 311 $a90-272-1991-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAppraising Research in Second Language Learning -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Why do we need to appraise research? -- Who is this book for? -- How is the material to be used? -- How to use the textbook section -- How to use the workbook section -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the second edition -- Textbook and worked sample appraisals -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Worked sample appraisal -- Chapter 2. Introduction -- 2.1. The background to the problem -- 2.2. The problem statement -- 2.3. Initial indication of variables in the problem statement -- 2.4. Stated contribution to theory and practice -- Worked sample appraisal -- Chapter 3. Introduction -- 3.1. Relevance and importance of work cited -- 3.2. Critical address of the literature -- 3.3. Relating the review to the background statement -- 3.4. Time period covered in review -- 3.5. Empirical studies covered in review -- Worked sample appraisal -- Chapter 4. Introduction -- 4.1. Research questions and hypotheses -- 4.2. Nature of the research questions -- 4.3. Nature of the research hypotheses -- 4.4. General appraisal of the research question/hypotheses -- 4.5. Identification of variables -- 4.6. Variables potentially affecting findings -- 4.7. Operational definitions -- Worked sample appraisal -- Chapter 5. Method -- 5.1. Descriptive data: Participants -- 5.2. Descriptive data: Groups -- 5.3. Threats to internal validity -- 5.4. Threats to external validity -- 5.5. Descriptive data: Materials -- 5.6. Instruments of measurement: Reliability -- 5.7. Instruments of measurement: Validity -- 5.8. Realisation of main variables -- Worked sample appraisal -- Chapter 6. Method -- Observations -- 6.1. Procedures: timing of events -- 6.2. Procedures: Test or practice effects -- 6.3. Procedures: Ethical issues and instructions to participants. 327 $a6.4. Procedures: Reactivity -- 6.5. Procedures: Environmental conditions -- 6.6. Research design: Design boxes -- 6.7. Research design: Classifications -- Worked sample appraisal -- Procedures and research design 2 -- Chapter 7. Method -- 7.1. Data analysis: Description of procedures -- 7.2. Data analysis: Appropriateness of procedures -- 7.3. Data analysis: Statistical assumptions -- Worked sample appraisal -- Chapter 8. Results -- 8.1. Adequacy of data provided -- 8.2. Graphical displays of results -- 8.3. Descriptive statistics -- 8.4. Statistical procedures -- 8.4.1 Correlation -- 8.4.2 Regression -- 8.4.3 t-tests -- 8.5. Explanations of data -- 8.6. Effect size -- 8.7. Other statistical procedures -- Analyses of variance -- 8.8. Practical significance and meaningfulness -- Worked sample appraisal -- Chapter 9. Discussion and conclusions -- 9.1. Outcomes in terms of the original research questions/hypotheses -- 9.2. Inferences drawn from outcomes -- 9.3. Outcomes related to literature review -- 9.4. Limitations and future research -- 9.5. Practical implications -- 9.6. Assessment of overall confidence -- Worked sample appraisal -- Workbook -- Workbook (guided and unguided appraisals) -- Abstract 3 (Guided appraisal) -- Abstract 4 (Unguided appraisal) -- The background to the problem and the problem statement 3 (Guided appraisal) -- The background to the problem and the problem statement 4 (Unguided appraisal) -- The review of the literature 3 (Guided appraisal) -- The review of the literature 4 (Unguided appraisal) -- Research questions and variables 3 (Guided appraisal) -- Research questions and variables 4 (Unguided appraisal) -- Participants and materials 3 (Guided appraisal) -- Participants and materials 4 (Unguided appraisal) -- Procedures and research design 3 (Guided appraisal) -- Procedures and research design 4 (Unguided appraisal). 327 $aResults: The nature and presentation of findings 3 (Guided appraisal) -- Results: The nature and presentation of findings 4 (Unguided appraisal) -- Discussion and conclusions 3 (Guided appraisal) -- Discussion and conclusions 4 (Unguided appraisal) -- Glossary of key terms in quantitative research -- Appendices -- Appendix I Flow Chart -- Appendix II Table of Assumptions for Popular Statistical Tests -- Appendix III Useful statistical tables -- Further reading -- Index of main subject entries in textbook -- The series Language Learning & -- Language Teaching. 330 $aDesigned for students of applied linguistics and second language acquisition on research training courses, practising language teachers, and those in training, this combination textbook/workbook is a set or recommended textbook on more than a hundred undergraduate and postgraduate courses worldwide. Now in its second edition, it remains the only book to provide specific advice and support to those wishing to learn a methodical approach to the critical analysis of a research paper. It seeks to answer a current need in the literature for a set of procedures that can be applied to the independent reading of quantitative research. Innovative features of the workbook include awareness-raising reading tasks and guided exercises to help develop and practise the critical skills required to appraise papers independently. Through informed and constructive appraisal of others' work, readers themselves are shown how to become more research literate, to discover new areas for investigation, and to organize and present their own work more effectively for publication and peer evaluation. This revised second edition sees a closer integration of the text-and workbook and a number of additions to the text itself, as well as further guided and unguided research appraisal exercises. 410 0$aLanguage learning and language teaching ;$v28. 606 $aSecond language acquisition$xResearch$xMethodology 606 $aLanguage acquisition$xResearch$xMethodology 615 0$aSecond language acquisition$xResearch$xMethodology. 615 0$aLanguage acquisition$xResearch$xMethodology. 676 $a418.007/2 700 $aPorte$b Graeme Keith$0555441 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821065003321 996 $aAppraising research in second language learning$9983922 997 $aUNINA