A research training module was designed to help graduate students to locate, read and comprehend art abstracts and full-text articles sites for their assignments, and theses. At the end of the training module, the students were post-tested. They were given individual research projects, for which they had to select the search terms, define the search strategy, go online, log into the electronic database, conduct simple and advanced searches, and print and save the actual records obtained. The posttest required the students to locate art dissertation abstracts and journal articles etc. The students were asked to skim through sample art abstracts and journal articles and locate the aim of the study, type of instrument used in collecting the data, the subjects, data collection procedures, statistical analysis procedures and results and give a summary translation in Arabic. A detailed description of test content and research skills measured are given.
Prof. Reima Al-jarf
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/aljarf
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