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CASE STUDY APPROACHES, Monserrath Alejandra Ochoa Campas, September 8th,…
CASE STUDY APPROACHES
Characteristics:
Have one unit of analysis
Researcher focus attention on a single entity
Allows to answer variety of questions
Provide rich information about individuals
Describe case in context
In the cotext of L2 learning
Several Case Studies have allowed
To answer to a great amount of questions
Like the following
Second Language Writting
widely explored by researchers like
Urzua (1987)
Peyton and Seyoum (1989)
Lauer and Asher (1988)
Reading Strategies
one conducted by Hosenfeld in 1984
on a 9 year old SFL student
with reading troubles
Scaffolding, Problem Solving and Second Language Learning
conducted by Hawkins in 1988
focused on L2 and contente learning interaction
Adult Literacy
like the one by Rigg in 1985
on a 45 year old Mexican migrant woman
who was tutored in writting
Coping with Academic Content in a Second Language
conducted by Benson in 1989
in an Arabic speaking ESL learner
Modifying Input Strategies: The Conversion of a teacher
very relevant to researchers like
Enright (1986)
Rigg and Allen (1989)
Learning Portuguese
conducted by Schmidt and Frota in 1986
While the firts was living in Rio de Janeiro
Criteria for Analyzing Case Studies
must provide information on
Researcher's Role
Procedures for data collection and time spent on them
Theoretical Orientation of the Researcher
Data Findings and Analysis
Participants Selection and Characteristics
Coclusion and if they are logical
Context of Research
Study's contributin to knowledge
Research Question
State implications for teaching
it has
Methodological Issues
Initial Problem Formulation and its origin
Definition of Unit of Study and its Boundaries
it focuses on singularity
boundaries depend on the goal of study
for that it is necessary a
Working Research Design
Data collection Techniques and Researcher Roles
its range includes
Interviewing
Verbal Reports
Elititation Techniques
Collecting Existing Information
Naturalistic Observations
Multiple Sources of Data Triangulation
Analysis
there's plenty of strategies used
to find meaningful information
that requires a process
Communicating experience in a report
must provide a powerful acount of what was found
Monserrath Alejandra Ochoa Campas
September 8th, 2021