SAGE Journal Articles
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Article 1
Kanno, Y., & Kangas, S. E. N. (2014). “I’m not going to be, like, for the AP”: English language learners’ limited access to advanced college-preparatory courses in high school. American Educational Research Journal, 51(5), 848–878.
URL: http://aer.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/51/5/848?ijkey=0fySQthQgTkEw&keytype=ref&siteid=spaer
Questions that apply to this article:
1. What are the authors’ arguments for using a case study design?
2. Describe the authors’ sampling strategy and their sampling criteria.
3. What types of data collection techniques did the authors use? How did these fit with the research questions and goals of the study?
Article 2
Bowers, A. (2010). Toward addressing the issues of site selections in district effectiveness research: A two level hierarchical linear growth model. Educational Administration Quarterly, 46(3), 395–425.
URL: http://eaq.sagepub.com/content/46/3/395.full.pdf+html
Questions that apply to this article:
1. Did the author collect data from a population or from a sample? What generalizations can be made from this?
2. Describe the data collection strategy that the author used.
3. What were the author’s arguments for choosing data from Ohio? Do you agree or disagree with these arguments?