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Types of Data

Moving on into my research, I plan to used a mixed research approach. Based on my problem statement, I feel I will need a lot of literature and research to provide direction for my research. I am searching for a lot of studies and literature to provide me suitable applications for my kindergarten students. Data collection strategy and/or instrument After reviewing many articles and studies, I could design a pre-test for kindergarten students at my school to test their reading abilities. We actually administer a test called the Lexia. (Lexia Learning Systems, 2003)”Lexia Reading provides ongoing, dynamic assessment of reading skills and progress, enabling educators to foster students’ reading success by informing and differentiating reading instruction.”.This program could provide me with me with the pre-test data that I need. I can then conduct a field experiment of a particular Web 2.0 application. My sample size would be around 80 kindergarten students of similar economic and ethnic backgrounds. Two teachers would implement the Web 2.0 application and two teachers would conduct their classes as normal. After an eight week period of time, all teachers would administer the Lexia test and I would compare the data of the classes that received treatment to the classes that did not receive the treatment to determine if there was a significant differences.

Lexia Learning Systems. (2003). Early reading. Lincoln, MA: Lexia Learning Systems,Inc.