Methodological Challenges Concerning Time Scales and Time Segments in Video Studies

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Abstract

This article explores the use of various time scales and their influence on the interpretations and conclusions made in classroom studies. By examining how five ninth-grade students prepared for and performed an oral presentation about recreational drugs, we demonstrate how the use of different time scales may produce diverse understandings of the same classroom event. The presentation was previously analysed in a former published article; in that article, only two of the students managed to demonstrate involvement, enthusiasm, and engagement throughout their presentations. On a wider time scale, we find that these two students participated little in the preparation phase of the oral preparation. Hence, the use of different time scales may produce different understandings of the same classroom event.

Authors

• Cecilie Pedersen Dalland, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences

• Sigrun Svenkerud, Buskerud and Vestfold University College

• Kirsti Klette, University of Oslo