A theatre experiment: A research paradigm with applications for second language learning?

Figures & data

Figure 1. Key differences between quantitative, qualitative and performative research paradigms adapted from Haseman (2006) and others.

This chart compares paradigms used in classroom-based research. In quantitative research, data are expressed in symbolic numbers. In qualitative research, data are expressed in symbolic words, whereas in performative research, data are expressed in performances.

Figure 2. A schematic representation of the basic procedures needed to implement a theatre experiment adapted from the embedded experimental model found in Creswell and Plano Clark (2007, p. 68).

A box and line chart indicating that a theatre experiment includes a performance in the intervention and includes qualitative and quantitative data in the analysis.

Figure 3. The codified gesture and scenic learning conditions over time.

A depiction of a theoretical theatre experiment comparing second language learning in a gesture-only learning condition with a gesture + reading condition over time.

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Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study