Research Paradigms for IT Research Paradigms IT is part of educational technology and education; it is also heavily influenced by psychology, particularly educational psychology. ... But a growing dissatisfaction with quantitative empirical research spawned other research paradigms. ... These paradigms represent the way individuals see the world around them and their relationship to that world. Paradigms or "world views" are above the concerns of data types. Although empirical-research reports are typically quantitative in nature, and critical-theory and interpretive reports tend to be qualita...

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THE PROBLEM RATIONALE High performance in every test is one of the major goals of every teacher and every learning institution. But most of the mathematics teachers, especially the researcher, failed to achieve these goals. During the seminar, the researcher had an informal interview with the other mathematics teacher, teaching Grade 7, in the district. Based on the interview, the researcher found that most of the students, especially those who belong to lower section, perform slowly and poorly in mathematics. Students do not have mastery even in fundamental operations. ...

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Introduction In this world of plurality and polivocality, it has become a challenge for both educators and learners to negotiate their voices and opinions on a number of things the way that they should move forward and hence give the pedagogy a go, keeping the tunnel open for any sort of heightened understanding between parties concerned. I, like others, in the same boat, feel the exigency of this orchestration, as I encounter the problems of differences in opinions between my students and me both inside and outside the classroom. Negotiating these differences between students and their teache...

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