Operationalising Research

So, Warschauer opts for 4 groups in a counterbalanced design

  • Stage 1:
    • measure equality of participation in Group 1 in f2f mode using discussion theme a
    • measure equality of participation in Group 2 in f2f mode using discussion theme b
    • measure equality of participation in Group 3 in cmc mode using discussion theme a
    • measure equality of participation in Group 4 in cmc mode using discussion theme b
  • Stage 2
    • measure equality of participation in Group 1 in cmc mode using discussion theme b
    • measure equality of participation in Group 2 in cmc mode using discussion theme a
    • measure equality of participation in Group 3 in f2f mode using discussion theme b
    • measure equality of participation in Group 4 in f2f mode using discussion theme a
  • Issues:
    1. Still some concern over the comparability of the groups, but, all research involves compromise, so it could be OK if the sampling is OK

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