Name
Title | ||
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Research anxiety and students' perceptions of research: an experiment. Part II: Content analysis of their writings on two experiences |
Abstract | ||
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This is Part II of an experimental study investigating students' perceptions of research and research paper anxiety. The study integrates quantitative and qualitative designs to collect complimentary data. The participants were students in four sections of an upper division undergraduate course on technical and professional writing during the fall of 1999. A survey instrument used the Critical Incident Technique to solicit writings in students' own words about a memorable past research and writing experience at the beginning of the semester and the current research and writing at the end of the semester. The quantitative part of the survey measured students' perceptions about research using a questionnaire with five-point Likert scale, and students' anxiety levels using a standard state anxiety test (STAI Y-1). The first article, Part I, provides a detailed description of the experimental design and reports on quantitative results. This article reports on content analysis of students' writings about their experiences of the two research projects. Analysis of the data confirmed Kuhlthau's Information Search Process (ISP) model and revealed additional affective and cognitive aspects related to research and writing. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2002 | 10.1002/asi.10041 | JASIST |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
anxiety level,research anxiety,memorable past research,research project,part ii,standard state anxiety test,quantitative part,content analysis,research paper anxiety,professional writing,current research,quantitative result,qualitative research,higher education | Social science,Technical writing,Content analysis,Professional writing,Critical Incident Technique,Information retrieval,Computer science,Anxiety,Information search process,Mathematics education,Likert scale,Qualitative research | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
53 | 4 | 1532-2882 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
23 | 1.93 | 2 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Kracker | 1 | 46 | 3.80 |
| Peiling Wang | 2 | 363 | 30.11 |