Paper Info
Title
Investigating Classroom Activities in English Conversation Lessons Based on Activity Coding and Data Visualization.
Abstract
Reflective teaching has become dominant paradigm in second language teacher education, as critical reflection helps teachers achieve a better understanding of teaching and learning processes. Critical reflection begins from classroom investigation. Several methods such as questionnaire, lesson report, teaching journal and audio/video recordings are widely used for classroom investigation. However, these methods are either susceptible to memory bias or are hard to be continued on a day-to-day basis. In this study, we proposed an approach for effective classroom investigation in second language education using activity coding in combination with data visualization technology. The proposed method consists of three stages. In the first stage, a smartphone application was used to record the activities that happen in a class following a slightly modified experience sampling method. In the second stage, the activities were quantified using our proposed 2-level activity coding scheme, and each activity was assigned a colour code. In the third stage, a data visualization tool D3.js was used to create heat maps of the classroom activities. We applied the proposed method to investigating the classroom activities in five English conversation lessons given by native-speaking teachers. The visual feedback led to the answering of some key questions that critical reflection aims to address, including teachers' time management, lesson structure, and the characteristics of teacher-student interaction. Based on the results obtained, we highlighted the potential of the proposed approach for involving different sectors in second language education and pointed out the directions for future research.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/978-3-319-93794-6_27
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Keywords
Field
DocType
Second language education,Data visualization,D3.js,Reflective teaching,Experience sampling method
Data visualization,Critical reflection,Conversation,Computer science,Second language,Experience sampling method,Coding (social sciences),Time management,Teacher education,Mathematics education
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
10838
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zilu Liang13810.72
Satoshi Nishimura215.14
Takuichi Nishimura357665.34
Mario Alberto Chapa Martell400.34