Montessori method

Scientific research was originally developed to determine a solution to a particular problem using various methods of research design. Two common, broad approaches of research design are qualitative and quantitative research. This essay will establish the key differences between qualitative research; the approach to empirical research that relies primarily on the collection of non-numerical data (Christensen, Johnson, Turner, 2014. 362), and quantitative research; the collection of various types…

Benish-Weisman, M. (2015). The interplay between values and aggression in adolescence: a longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, doi:10.1037/dev0000015 This was a longitudinal study done on five Israel schools to test the previous theories that certain values can be correlated with aggression. Benish wanted to examine the relationship between values and aggression on a large sample of Israeli adolescents for a period of a year. He used the four higher values…

Thus, creating generalisation in qualitative research lays in the issues of validity and reliability of the level of notions, explanation and groups of the parent population (Lewis and Ritchie, 2003: 269). Among the three discussed qualitative methods (individual interview, focus group participant observation), it can be claimed that participant observation deemed as having the weakest position in generalising research findings. As LeCompte and Goetz (1982) noted, research involves participant…

2.2 Type of Data Collected and Sample Size At a basic level the differences between qualitative and quantitative methods (Eisner, 1998; Ryan & Golden, 2006) are related to the fact that a survey is mostly used to collect numerical data and / or information, statistical methods and graphs are used to analyse such data and / or information in quantitative research (Saunders et al., 2009; Van Maanen, 1983) compared to interviews in qualitative research, collecting words, explanations, opinions,…

According to Emile Durkheim there are four different types of suicide. They are egoistic suicide, altruistic suicide, anomic suicide, and fatalistic suicide. Although I personally have never thought about committing suicide, my life has changed because of two girls who decided to take their own lives. I grew up in a small town called Philomath, Oregon so everybody knew everybody. In October of 2013 a freshman named Lilly Stagner committed suicide. We weren’t even acquainted with one another, but…

The findings of this study on neurocognitive performance of high school athletes who incur multiple concussions suggest athletes with a history of 3 or more concussions are still impaired on cognitive tasks and concussion symptoms [6].The authors used a cohort study design, the IVs were concussion groups (0,1,2,>3), and time ( baseline, 3 days, 8 days), the DVs were neurocognitive test scores measured by Immediate Post Concussion Assessment, cognitive testing (ImPact), neurocognitive test…

According to Polit and Beck (2008), nursing research is a process purposely to improved knowledge regarding important issues to nursing profession which involves nursing education, practice, administration and informatics. Nursing research also encompasses a wide scope of scientific inquiry, including clinical research, health systems and outcomes research, and nursing education research (Miller, Ward and Young, 2010). Nieswiadomy (2012) also defined nursing research as the systematic, objective…

Life has always been hard but especially for adolescents. One thing to consider is the amount of change there is going on during the time of becoming young adults. Most of this teenagers have a lot of responsibilities in their lives and many problems that lead them to suicide. During this past 15 years, the rate of suicide in adolescents between the ages of 10-24 has gone up by 8 percent. This means that as time keep passing, teenagers feel more and more depressive which leads them to killing…

the field of psychology that emphasizes on replication studies. In order to make improvements to the psychology and social sciences, importance should not only be given to replication studies but also to the peer reviewing system, experimentation methods and tenure system for educational…

Developing a single patient engagement platform across all care settings, with predictive healthcare management tools, will help empower patients to better manage their health and coordinate with all of their providers for improved healthcare outcomes. Although the healthcare organization may have an existing patient portal, this may not be offering the correct tools and benefits to the patient. Research previously discussed in this paper determined there would be positive outcomes of…