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Understanding Development: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods and Memory Types, Study notes of School management&administration

An overview of development research, focusing on qualitative and quantitative methods and memory types. Qualitative research includes surveys, dialogue, interviews, and ethnography, while quantitative research uses hard numbers and experiments to determine relationships statistically. Memory types include sensory, working, and long-term memory. The document also touches upon issues with research, such as bias and sampling errors, and discusses the differences between behaviorism and cognitivism, as well as implicit memories.

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2011/2012

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Development occurs in nested contexts (Bronfenbrenner) Research Qualitative- description, no experiment, may not be hard numbers Quantitative – hard numbers, experiments, individuals or groups, graphs Main types: 1)descriptive/qualitative 2)correlational 3)interventional/experimental Issues with research: bias, sampling errors, measures—reliability and validity Qualitative Surveys, dialogue, participant responses, interviews, ethnography Correlational Number based Used to predict future outcomes Determine relationships statistically 3 kinds of relationships: positive, negative, and neutral Correlations do not show causation Experimental 2 variables: dependent and independent (manipulated) Behaviorism vs Cognitivism Implicit memories Knowledge influences Sensory memory-very large but short lived Working memory- conscious information Long term memory- more or less permanent storage Learn(save) Directs attention a Working Memory Retrieve Long Term Memory Sensory Memory Perception