Allama Iqbal Open University s7

Final: 28-9-2017 Proof: 25-9-2017

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD (Department of Secondary Teacher Education)

Dear Student,

I feel great pleasure to welcome you to the PhD ( Education) Course Code-4775, titled, “Instrumentation in Educational Research”.

I hope that you will enjoy the course as it will expose you to the development of instrument with specific reference to educational research. You will be dealing with the different procedures of valid and reliable techniques of development of different research instruments.

The course coordinator wants to involve you in the revision stage of this course by asking you to give your feedback about the weaknesses and strength of topics, subtopics, web material, difficulty level, relevance, and significance of this course. Your input will definitely enable the course coordinator to improve the study guide and instructional material in the light of your comments for revising the course.

The study package contains: i. Course study Guides (Unit 1–9) ii. Assignments 1 and 2 iii. Web Material on CD

Please consider the following points while writing the assignments: 1. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. 2. Response to each descriptive question should be between 2000-2500 words. 3. Write the assignments in your own words. Avoid irrelevant information and render a critical analysis of the questions asked. 4. It is plagiarism to quote another’s words or ideas without referring to them. Plagiarism being academic dishonesty will subject the student to disciplinary action. 5. Acknowledge proper the ideas you are borrowing from someone. 6. No marks will be given for reproduction of the text from book, internet or elsewhere. 7. Follow APA guidelines for quoting and referencing. 8. Type your assignment in 12 font size – Time New Romans with 1.5 line space. 9. Handwritten assignments are not accepted. 10. Upload the assignment in MS World Document to the course LMS or send your assignment to the course coordinator [email protected] 11. Late assignment will not be accepted in any case.

Please do not hesitate to contact me or your concerned tutor for any guidance during the study of this course. (Dr. Muhammd Tanveer Afzal) Coordinator ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD (Department of Secondary Teacher Education)

WARNING 1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE. 2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENT(S) BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.

Course: Instrumentation in Educational Research (4775) Semester: Autumn 2017 Level: Ph.D Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50 ASSIGNMENT No. 1 (Units 1–4)

Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries equal marks.

Q. 1 Read the article 1.2, elaborate development of tool for the measurement of attitude using Multi-attribute Theory, also highlight the challenges in attitude measurement by providing examples. (20)

Q. 2 Highlight the difficulties involved in direct questioning and inferring from the observed behavior for the measurement of attitude, support your answer by examples. (20)

Q. 3 (a) Construct summated rating scale of 25 to 30 statements related to theme “Learning by Dong”. (10) (b) Critically analyze the guidelines for Pre-testing of the attitude scale, discuss the importance of each strep in detail. (10)

Q. 4 (a) Administer the developed scale to at least 40 students and make frequency distribution of the responses. (10) (b) Calculate t-values for each statement and formulate the criteria for selection of items for the final scale. (10)

Q. 5 (a) Explain the significance of Semantic Differential scale over the others, also highlight nature of the adjectives to be used for the development of semantic scale. (10)

2 (b) Discuss the layout and analysis patterns for semantic differential scale. (10)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2 (Units 5–9) Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50

Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries equal marks.

Q. 1 Elaborate the concept of Uni-dimensional scaling. Also explain the Validation techniques and use of Guttman Scales for measurement by providing an example of each. (20)

Q. 2 Read the article 6.8 and discuss the basic concepts and principles for the use of factor analysis. Explain the role of Principal Component Analysis in tool development by examples. (20)

Q. 3 Read article 7.4 and explain the scope and significance of reliability measures. Also highlight the factors effecting reliability of the measurement tools by providing examples. (20)

Q. 4 Conduct interviews of six school teachers from nearby schools to collect their views about the role of teachers as facilitators of learning. Analyze data by using qualitative data analysis techniques. (20)

Q. 5 Explain the effect of role taken by the researcher for the conduct of observation on the results of observation. Develop guideline to avoid bias for the conduct of observation. (20)

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