October+17+Discussion

=Dr's Bradshaw, Hong, and Greene=

Research Questions
__Dr. Bradshaw__: How long did data collection take on this study and how many people were actively involved in collection and coding? __Dr. Bradshaw__: Which University was this study done at, and what is the reasoning behind not naming the University where the research was conducted? I have noticed all the studies we have read talk about the place where it was conducted as a mysterious place? __Dr. Hong__: I have noticed that some papers cite more studies than others. Sometimes when reading an article, there is so much parenthetical citation, it becomes burdensome to read as the reader has to break between parentheses sets to find the continuation of the thought. Is the desire to cite so many studies per concept one of showing multiple studies support an idea (i.e. validity/reliability) or is it simply a matter of the more citations the better? Is readability a consideration when writing a research article? __Dr. Greene__: In the study, when parental consent was obtained, student's completed their own assent form, and then the classroom teachers administered the surveys throughout the semester. How to you insure that the survey's are administered correctly and to the correct students? Are the classroom teachers explicitly trained, or is it something that you assume they do correctly? __Dr. Hong__: How did you find the leavers for this study? __Dr. Greene__: Why did you have the participants fill out each questionnaire one by one per month? Why not all at once? __Dr. Bradshaw__: How did you choose the 18 participants of the study? __Dr. Greene__: Was there any significance in choosing students in an English class as opposed to some other subject? __Dr. Greene__: If positive relationships between Mastery Evaluations & Self Efficacy and Self Efficacy & Performance-Approach Goals were predicted, why was a negative relationship between Mastery Evaluations and Performance-Approach Goals predicted? __Dr. Greene:__ In a situation __Dr. Hong__: The article's cover page notes an 18-month gap between first version and final version and an additional 14 month until publication. Is this long gap between original submission and publication more common on qualitative projects than quantitative ones or is it just an element of the review process? __Dr. Hong__: You are the lone author on this article. Is this because it is from your dissertation work? How does it compare to collaborating on an article? __Dr. Bradshaw__: In the "Synopsis of data analysis" figure, what is meant by "Theoretical Sampling?"

Vita Questions
__Dr. Bradshaw__: How is creating a model different from typical research? What sort of process do you have for creating, implementing and promulgating a model? __Dr. Bradshaw__: I noticed you included a website listing in your Vita. This is the first vita we have seen that included a website address. Do you find yourself using the website to communicate this information to others frequently? (i.e. do you direct people actively to the website?) How often do you update your website? __Dr. Hong__: As one of the younger faculty members at OU and one that is currently working on tenure, how stressful have you found the experience to be since you got here in 2007? __Dr. Hong__: Why do you mark the presentations with students listed on your vita? Is there a strategic reason for doing so? __Dr. Greene__: It looks like you tried to be a west-coaster breifly in the 80's. Was the culture not right for you there? What were your reasons for leaving San Francisco and heading back to Massachusetts? __Dr. Greene__: It looks like your degrees have all been in Psychology and not specifically Educational Psychology. Is this due to personal shifts in interest over time? __Dr. Greene__: (//somewhat of a follow up to the previous question//) How has having an educational background across disciplines impacted your research interests and opportunities? __Dr. Hong__: How do you become an officer of a professional organization? __Dr. Greene__: How did you become involved in consulting with the Institute for International Research and the Orava Project? __Dr. Bradshaw__: How do you get involved in product development projects? __Dr. Hong__: With a background in language education, do you find many opportunities for research collaboration with other departments outside the College of Education (Modern Languages and Linguistics or other)? __Dr. Bradshaw__: How did you make the jump from Art & Music to Ed. Psych. and working with engineering education?