A Methodological Study of the Interview and Questionnaire Approaches to Information-Gathering

Bill, John M.

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“…However, interviewing students individually is time-consuming and there is a risk that the interviewer may unwittingly influence the respondents' answers (Henerson et al, 1987), especially with adolescent students. Thus, the questionnaire approach is more appropriate for young adolescents than interviews (Bill, 1973). In addition, respondents at school levels prefer using questionnaires (Oppnheim, 1992).…”

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Investigation of Students’ Attitudes Toward Mathematics in Middle Schools in Saudi Arabia

Alharthi

2023

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Many students in Saudi Arabia complain that they achieve poor results in mathematics and appear to have a negative attitude toward the subject. The current study, therefore, investigates students’ attitudes towards mathematics, using a mixed method approach, in 13-16 years old students from the intermediate level of education. The age was important because this period is thought to be crucial to the formation of lasting attitudes and opinions. The first main research question, the study aims to address is therefore, “What are students’ attitudes towards mathematics in Saudi middle schools?” The study also aims to explore gender issues using a second research question, “Is there any significant gender difference in students’ attitudes towards mathematics?” The survey was conducted in two government-run middle schools in Saudi Arabia, one boys’ school and one girls’ school, because Saudi Arabia has an exclusively single-sex education system. 180 participants (90 boys and 90 girls) were asked to complete a questionnaire to show their views about mathematics. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected at the same time, but the analysis of each type of information was conducted separately to enable the full picture to be understood. T-test was used to explore any gender differences. The main findings were that both male and female students in two Saudi middle schools show a positive attitude towards mathematics, with female students being slightly more positive than males. The factors which affect attitudes towards mathematics in both genders include the usefulness of mathematics in everyday and future life and career, the teacher, enjoyment of mathematics and the difficulty of the subjects. Girls’ attitudes towards mathematics were also affected by the influence of social media personalities and internet teachers. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/soc/0050/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Investigation of Students’ Attitudes Toward Mathematics in Middle Schools in Saudi Arabia

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2023

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“…It examined patterns of leaving and s£aying, intentional and actual, in the contexts of school organisation, the attitudes and aspireations of pupils and parents and the educational progress of pupils. The methodology of the pupil enquiry was experimentally investigated by Bill (1973), who has reported on the comparative efficiency of the individual interview and group-administered questionnaire as methods of sampling pupil opinion. Other issues as yet unrep-jrted include an examination of the relationship between teachers' attitudes to education in general and teacher opinion on the goals of secondary education for non-academic pupils.…”

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Effects of Varying Structure and Method on the Validity of Self‐Report Measures

Bill

1977

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Background to the Study. The stimulus to the study reported here came from a methodological problem posed by a planned survey of early leaving from secondary school 1 and concerned the question as to whether the detailed information required from pupils could be gathered by the more economical method of self-completion questionnaire in substitution for individual interviewing.Given that one or other of these two methods is often the only feasible alternative in many types of enquiry, it is surprising to find the available evidence from critical tests of the two modes of information gathering so limited. However, of the 26 critical tests located, the great majority concluded (contrary to prescriptive pronouncements from such sources as Kinsey et al, 1948) that self-completion questionnaires were at least as valid as individual interviewing. Despite this majority conclusion a number of these studies suffered from design defects in particular the frequent compounding of results by comparing relatively unstructured interviews with highly structured questionnaires and the lack of external criteria. Further since all 26 studies were based on older informants generalisation to a population of secondary schoolchildren appeared hazardous.

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A Methodological Study of the Interview and Questionnaire Approaches to Information-Gathering

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Investigation of Students’ Attitudes Toward Mathematics in Middle Schools in Saudi Arabia

Investigation of Students’ Attitudes Toward Mathematics in Middle Schools in Saudi Arabia

The Northern Ireland Council for Educational Research

Effects of Varying Structure and Method on the Validity of Self‐Report Measures

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