Classroom-based Research in LESLLA Contexts: Methodological Challenges and Affordances
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
Classroom-based research (CBR) in second and foreign language education takes place in authentic classroom settings, where researchers have limited control over variables. Unlike laboratory-based studies, CBR focuses on real-world learning environments and has evolved into a systematic field of inquiry. It encompasses both learner-focused studies, which explore learning processes and outcomes, and teacher-focused studies, which examine pedagogy, practices, and beliefs. In the context of Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults (LESLLA), CBR provides valuable insights into language learning, literacy development, and social participation. Despite growing interest in this area, methodological approaches remain underexplored. This article reports on four studies conducted in Canada and Australia illustrating different research designs within the CBR framework. The different research designs and their contributions to LESLLA scholarship are discussed and analyzed, followed by a discussion of lessons learned through implementing CBR in diverse contexts. By reflecting on research experiences, we highlight methodological strengths and challenges, offering insights to support the advancement of evidence-based practices for LESLLA learners and educators.
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Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.012 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it