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Research design: necessary bricolage

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Josh Tenenberg,

Anthony RobinsAuthors Info & Claims

ICER '11: Proceedings of the seventh international workshop on Computing education research

Pages 27 - 32

https://doi.org/10.1145/2016911.2016919

Published: 08 August 2011 Publication History

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In this paper we suggest that in order to advance, the field of computer science education needs to craft its own research methods, to augment the borrowing of "traditional" methods such as semi-structured interviews and surveys from other research traditions. Two example instruments used in our recent research are discussed. We adopt the metaphor of "bricolage" to characterise not only what researchers do, but to argue that this may be a necessary step towards developing theory.

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ICER '11: Proceedings of the seventh international workshop on Computing education research

August 2011

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DOI:10.1145/2016911

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Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Christchurch, New Zealand
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