Design of the Study Qualitative studies aim to look into the quality of relationships, activities, situations, or materials (Fraenkel & Wallen, 2009). According to Merriam (2009), the focus of qualitative research is the process, meaning, and understanding, and the researcher plays an important role as the primary instrument of data collection and analysis, which is inductive (p. 266). Moreover, Bogdan and Biklen (2007) describe five characteristics of qualitative research:
• The natural setting is the direct source of data, and the researcher is the key instrument in qualitative research.
• Qualitative data are collected the form of words or pictures rather than numbers.
• Qualitative researchers are concerned with process rather than simply …show more content…
For example, in this study, the case is a continuous process of student teaching by using Visual Phonics. I want to know which Visual Phonics strategies teachers are using, why teachers choose specific strategies, and what they are thinking about selected strategies. Increased understanding of Visual Phonics strategies and teachers’ perceptions can provide future direction for the development of intervention programs that prevent reading failure of d/Dhh …show more content…
“Purposeful sampling is based on the assumption that the investigator wants to discover, understand, and gain insight and therefore must select a sample from which the most can be learned” (Merriam, 1998, p.61). To add multiple perspectives and maximize the understanding, I established two selection criteria: teachers who instruct kindergarten or first grade and work with d/Dhh students, and teachers who utilize different communication options in the classroom such as an oral/aural or a total communication method. There are reasons to generate these two selection criteria. For instance, kindergarten or first grade teachers will be chosen because Visual Phonics is mostly utilized as a beginning reading intervention tool to teach phonemic awareness and phonics. The NRP found that phonics instructions are most beneficial when they start at the kindergarten and first grade. Additionally, Visual Phonics can be utilized with different communication modes, so one case will be chosen in an oral classroom, and the other one will be in the total communication classroom. Selected teachers will bring a unique perspective to the research and help me to create valuable data that will be used to answer the research
• The natural setting is the direct source of data, and the researcher is the key instrument in qualitative research.
• Qualitative data are collected the form of words or pictures rather than numbers.
• Qualitative researchers are concerned with process rather than simply …show more content…
For example, in this study, the case is a continuous process of student teaching by using Visual Phonics. I want to know which Visual Phonics strategies teachers are using, why teachers choose specific strategies, and what they are thinking about selected strategies. Increased understanding of Visual Phonics strategies and teachers’ perceptions can provide future direction for the development of intervention programs that prevent reading failure of d/Dhh …show more content…
“Purposeful sampling is based on the assumption that the investigator wants to discover, understand, and gain insight and therefore must select a sample from which the most can be learned” (Merriam, 1998, p.61). To add multiple perspectives and maximize the understanding, I established two selection criteria: teachers who instruct kindergarten or first grade and work with d/Dhh students, and teachers who utilize different communication options in the classroom such as an oral/aural or a total communication method. There are reasons to generate these two selection criteria. For instance, kindergarten or first grade teachers will be chosen because Visual Phonics is mostly utilized as a beginning reading intervention tool to teach phonemic awareness and phonics. The NRP found that phonics instructions are most beneficial when they start at the kindergarten and first grade. Additionally, Visual Phonics can be utilized with different communication modes, so one case will be chosen in an oral classroom, and the other one will be in the total communication classroom. Selected teachers will bring a unique perspective to the research and help me to create valuable data that will be used to answer the research