A handbook for Exploratory Action Research


‘Interpret’: v. transitive. ‘To decide that something has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way.’


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A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research

‘Interpret’: v. transitive. ‘To decide that something has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way.’
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Response
Code/Label
A. I like that we practise
[+ practice]
B. I like being relaxed
[+ relaxed]
C. I like speaking English
[+ speaking English]
D. I like English conversation with no worry
[+ speaking English] [+ no worry]
Response
Code/Label
Categories
A. I like that we practise
[+ practise English]
[+ use English]
B. I like being relaxed
[+ relaxed]
[+ relaxed]
C. I like speaking English
[+ speaking English]
[+ use English]
D. I like English conversation with no worry
[+ speaking English] [+ relaxed]
[+ use English] [+ relaxed]
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Oxford English Dictionary
DATA + ANALYSIS = FINDINGS


 
What do I find? | 
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To interpret your findings, you need to ask yourself questions like:
The fundamental question is ‘So what?’. You need to decide 
on what your findings mean by reminding yourself of your 
original research question(s) and your motivation for doing 
your research. For example, in the case of the above data, 
if the teacher’s research question was ‘Do students find 
group work beneficial?’, the answer seems to be clearly 
‘Yes’, at least for these students. If other students in the 
same class give similar answers she may interpret this as
a clear signal to carry on using group work.
Task 6.3 @
Try to give codes to some more qualitative data, seeing 
what similarities can be identified. This time, also try to 
interpret the findings in relation to a particular research 
question. 
Here are eight different students’ answers during a class 
discussion about the teacher’s main concern and research 
question, ‘Should I [the teacher] use the students’ mother 
tongue – Spanish – in the classroom?’ (The teacher 
recorded this discussion and wrote down the individual 
students’ answers while listening to the recording later). 
Try to give a keyword or keywords to each statement. Then 
see whether any similarities (categories) emerge. Finally, 
write a few sentences summarizing what you think the 
findings say about whether the teacher should use Spanish.

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