Date Jun 17, 2011
Time 18.30 - 22.00
Venue: Rm 108, Runme Shaw Bldg, HKU
Key points
- Research questions are refined as:
1. How does student engagement associate with learning outcomes?
2. What are the factors influencing student engagement at CC?
- Define both "student egmt" and "learning outcomes" (e.g. GPA)
- Hypotheses refer to what I foresee the outcome of the whole research project [Hunch about the project outcome]. Make it simple - no need to be included in the ppt
- Takes only 2-3 slides for Lit review
- Methodology:
Phase 1 - Preparation (pilot studies - asking info from students in order to fine tune my survey/ adapted version of CCSSE);
Phase 2 - data collection
Phase 3 - data analysis
- Sampling method/ What's the sample? -> Dr Mary Wong?
- Familiar with basic statistics - how do I manage data?
- Learning outcomes - may dwell on previous HKU PhD papers on LO
- What's the aim/purpose of conducting interview?
- Justifications for any methods, illustrated with sample questions
- Structure of the survey?
- Delving into Astin's methodology for those postulates
- Theoretical gap -> what's the significance of my study? Uniquely HK? cultural/social difference?
- Must be familiar with CCSSE!!
- Define "factors" - am I going to cover all the factors? or just cultural factors? e.g. students with single parents tend to shy away from class participation.
Next step: revised ppt and Q&A document for J & L review, prior to seek supervisor's comments.
