Looking behind the data We have briefed the importance of data analysis at the ‘Learn’ phase of Spiral of Inquiry ( week 24 ), and you have been collecting data for your Teacher Inquiry since you started the ‘Take Action’ phase ( week 25 ). Now, before you can evaluate the impacts of your Teacher Inquiry, you need to thoroughly reflect on what the data that you get from previous phases of your Inquiry can reveal, how and why? ‘Data’ and ‘Evidence’ in Your Teacher Inquiry Shaddock (2013) defined data as basic units of information that are ‘givens’ or ‘factual’. When data is processed for a certain purpose it become evidence. Evidence, rather than data, is then used as the basis for decisions, since it is data being used to support a conclusion. In educational research, for example, one student's grades, or one interview with a colleague are considered data while the grades of a whole class, or a group of interviews, are e...
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