Discussion:
Review the article: Green, B. I., Malsch, A. M., Kothari, B. H., Busse, J. & Brennan, E. (2012). An intervention to increase early childhood staff capacity for promoting children's social-emotional development in preschool settings. Early Childhood Education, 40, 123-132.
Assess how you might conduct the research study differently. Address:
·The research questions
·The research purpose ·Type of design and elements of the design (e.g., sample, the type of data you need to collect and how you will collect it, data analysis)
·The strengths and weaknesses of your envisioned design and methods
·Quantitative: threats to validity and how your design will address them
·Quantitative: the constructs you will measure and what you will do in order to determine how to operationalize them (you need not identify specific measures)
·Qualitative: your means of ensuring the quality of your findings
·Justification for why your chosen design and methods are more appropriate for yourresearch question than alternatives you have considered
·Your methods of data analysis
·How the data you collect will enable you to answer your research question and contribute to theory.