Conversation 6 Results and Analysis
This is a summary of what to do in the Results, Evidence, Analysis, Discussion and Impact Sections of your dissertation.
Please remember hand in date is May 6th.
The next stages are: -
• The Evidence - this is a portrait, display and description of your evidence
• The Analysis of evidence - this is in the form of a discussion
• Impact - this is an account of
Portraying the Evidence• A. What you have learned
• B. What difference you have made.
You will mainly be using text to describe the data you have collected. Also consider using:
o Charts
o Diagrams
The Analysis of EvidenceGuidance on the process of analysis is provided Here:
This outlines the description (which you should have in the methods section for the “Steps to analysing the data” including:
Collating
Immersion
Coding
Sorting
Hypothesis testing
Pattern identification.
You should evaluate - you need to show weighing up of the research.
Sources of bias
Descriptive Validity
Explanatory Validity
Reliability of the results
You should also
Weigh up the evidence
Verify the evidence
Impact
You need to systematically describe the impact of your scholarship:
Use Kirkpatrick’s classification (From http://www.businessballs.com/kirkpatricklearningevaluationmodel.htm)
• Your learning: What new perspectives have been revealed to you?
• Your practice: Changes to what you do
• The learning experience of pupils: How has what pupils do and/or experienced changed?
• The learning outcomes of pupils: To what extent have the standards achieved by pupils been affected?
• The practice of colleagues or of the school.
Please let us know how things are by commenting and sharing your findings here.

