Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Resources

Inquiry methods in SOTL may include:

• reflection and analysis
• interviews and focus groups
• questionnaires and surveys
• content analysis of text
• secondary analysis of existing data
• quasi-experiments (comparison of two sections of the same course)
• observational research
• case studies
• additional methods

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These methods will generate various data types such as: 

• Sound recordings
• Images or video
• Textual such as questionnaire responses
• Formative and summative assessments from current students or past ones
• Numerical data
• Institutional research data.

From A Guide from the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved  August 15, 2023,