METHOD
The study employed a quantitative research design defined as the collection of
information from a sample of individuals through their responses to questions (Check &
Schutt 2012,p.160). This study used the following procedure to select the grade level:
the recruitment advertisement was mailed to each school to invite voluntary participation
in the study. Intending to understand the impact of active learning strategies on student
engagement levels, this action research uses random sampling to emphasize
evaluating the effectiveness of active strategies for higher education students . In this
study focusing on ……………………….it employed descriptive relative frequency to
achieve the research objective. According to Stoplor (2020), a descriptive statistic only
examines the provided data, summarizing it using tables, chart and graphs.
Subsequently, the sampling distributions that have been distribution that have been
presented accessible up the path entire population that comprises the sample.
The study was cross-sectional research that adopted a quantitative research design using a survey
approach. The first section of the survey was designed to collect demographic information such as sex,
years of teaching experience, and teaching qualifications. The other 3 sections of the survey were scales
about teaching strategies (15 items), teachers’ self-concept (5 items), and perceptions of students’
engagement in learning (4 items). These items were on a five-point Likert-scale, with anchors 1 to 5
representing “false, mostly false, sometimes false sometimes true, mostly true, true”. The reliability and
the validity of the scales are discussed in the data analysis section.
We followed the procedures approved by the university’s ethics committee. The printed questionnaires
were mailed to 52 schools, half of which were located in urban areas and the other half were in rural
areas. It was explained clearly that the survey was voluntary and anonymous, and only completed
surveys with written informed consent were included in the analysis.