The Nature of Questions in Educational Research [microform] / J. T. Dillon
- Bib ID:
- 5411003
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Dillon, J. T
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982
- 46 p.
- Summary:
-
Some 1000 questions in education journals were analyzed for aspects of usage and content, linguistic structure, cognitive process, and logical operation. Only half of the studies examined were found to use questions, and only a third of the questions addressed teaching and learning, curriculum and milieu. The great majority of questions entailed a single variable and a dichotomous or closed structure, answerable by yes/no or a single word. Fact-stating and explaining were the most characteristic cognitive types of question, while causality was the least characteristic logical type. One-fourth of all questions were rhetorical or deliberative, lacking substance for inquiry. By contrast to theoretical and general journals, empirical journals were found to use fewer questions, addressing more technical topics, entailing an equally closed structure but more variables and causal relations. The findings are proposed to complement other kinds of knowledge about the process of scholarly inquiry. (Author)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (66th, New York, NY, March 19-23, 1982).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1982
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.