1. THE CURRICULUM STUDY
CHAP 3 – METHODOLOGY

2. OUTLINE IN HANDBOOK
Type and design of study & general analytical approach (including justification)
Research questions / Hypotheses / Objectives (repetition from INTRODUCTION)
Procedure

3. PROCEDURE
Subjects / Participants / Sample – re target and accessible population(s) plus justification
Instruments and materials (e.g., outline of unit of lessons, texts, pre- and post-tests, other tests during study, questionnaires, interviews, journal observations, audio and video recordings, etc.)
Specific methods / strategies of implementation (cooperative learning, specific teaching methodologies, journals, etc.)

4. PROCEDURE cont’d Data analysis Coding (where relevant)
Basic statistical measures
T-tests, correlations, etc.
Tabulation of data and verbal summaries of patterns
Focus on representatives of the sample and narration of representative or significant characteristics, etc.

5. TIPS FOR WRITING UP CHAPTER
Create an introduction that reminds the reader what your study is about.
Focus on the problem you researched and the purpose for which you did so.

6. Organise your chapter thereafter to present your methodology as clearly and relevantly as possible.
The handbook suggests a useful structure in this regard.

7. Be careful to provide your methods of data analysis for each of your research questions, objectives, etc.

8. Follow APA guidelines re:
Headings
Tables
Figures
Line spacing
In-text citations
Punctuation

9. Introduce every heading
Introduce every heading. For example, don’t just list your research questions; have an introductory statement.

10. A USEFUL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
INTRODUCTION
What study is about
Purpose of study
DESIGN OF STUDY
Action study
Type of methodology (Qualitative? Quantitative? Mixed methods?)
RESEARCH QUESTIONS / OBJECTIVES, ETC

11. PROCEDURE PARTICIPANTS SUMMARY OF UNIT OF LESSONS
Teaching points
Teaching/learning strategies
Assessments
INSTRUMENTS OF DATA COLLECTION
Tests?
Interviews?
A questionnaire?
Observation?
Other?

12. METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS
Coding of themes in interview and observation data?
Basic statistical measures (e.G., Mean, standard deviation)
T-tests?
Correlations?
Tabulation?
Verbal summaries? Selection of vignettes? Narration of significant characteristics of the data?

13. CONCLUSION
recap of main features of chapter, and indication of what next chapter will deal with