The Dirty Laundry of ESL Survey Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10818018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joy Reid (Wyoming Department of Education, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 323 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TESOL Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-8322 • E-ISSN: 1545-7249 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3586913 |
| OpenAlex | W2055858365 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 4 |
For the novice researcher, the processes of design and implementation of a normed survey instrument for an ESL population hold many opportunities for error, and so for misleading reporting of results. This article traces the formulation and norming of one such questionnaire, constructed specifically for the self-reporting of ESL students on their preferred perceptual learning styles. This retrospective report provides description and comments on the problems of reliability and validity in survey design. It is presented here so that beginning researchers may gain some insight into the actual life of a research project, and to assist others working to design survey instruments for an ESL population. Several years ago, I encountered almost by accident the CITE (Center for Innovative Teaching Experiences) Learning Styles Inventory (Babich, Burdine, Allbright, & Randol, 1975), a selfreporting instrument used by Kansas public schools to assist students-native speakers (NSs) of English-in identifying their preferred perceptual learning styles. It was a simply stated survey, normed on elementary and secondary NSs. My knowledge of learning styles was limited, but the idea of an instrument for such measuring, and for self-discovery, interested me. During the next several months, I investigated the available literature about learning styles; I found several additional survey instruments, and a wealth of information
Archaeology · Laundry · Mathematics education · Sociology · Education Methods and Practices · Educational Assessment and Pedagogy · History · Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences · Psychology
A Critical Analysis of the Advocacy of the Task-Based Syllabus
A Construct-Related Validity Study on a Korean Version of the Perceptual Learning Styles Preference Questionnaire
Motivating young language learners
A multivariate analysis of the relationships among the Big Five personality traits, activity-oriented learning styles, and academic performance of Grade 12 students in Thailand
A Systematic Review of the Validity of Questionnaires in Second Language Research
An Overlooked Population
The construct validity of scores on a Japanese version of the perceptual component of the Style Analysis Survey
Validating a writing strategy questionnaire
The construct validity of one learning styles instrument
The twenty-first century landscape of language learning strategies
Perceptual learning style preferences among Iranian graduate students
Unifying the current self, ideal self, attributions, self-authenticity, and intended effort
Measuring the Mathematical Attitudes of Elementary Students
Using Visual Scales in Researching Global Human Dimensions of Wildlife
A Holistic System of English Learning Strategies Grounded on Successful EFL Learners
Exploratory Factor Analysis of Technological Justice
A response to Kannos The stability of UG principles in second-language acquisition
The Challenges of Conducting Research in Diverse Classrooms
Profiling Perceptual Learning Styles of Chinese as a Second Language Learners in University Settings
| Citations per year | 0.59 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2026 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |