Corpus analysis of high school learners' research papers in health science (2016-2019)

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Abstract

In Latvia, the learners of secondary school as a requirement gets acquainted with
basics of research – selection of literature, data collection and processing, communication and presentation skills.
The present article deals with an analysis of the themes and texts (corpus) of the research papers (RP) in Health Science worked out by the authors of the top-ranked RP presented in the Scientific Conference of High School Learners of Latvia from 2016 to 2019. A logical inductive content analysis of features specific to each RP, and sequential categorization and grouping
into a higher level of components were performed. The quantitative data were processed byusing AntConc, IBM SPSS Statistics 22 and Microsoft Excel software.
The aim of the research was to find out the themes and content variations of RP, and the characteristics of the language – tokens, types and keywords.
The results show that there is a thematic uniformity in RP. The statistical characteristics of language differ in terms of lexical diversity and the frequency of keywords and their collocations. Mostly individual keywords dominate.
The results obtained can be used to develop recommendations for learners and teachers as a model for theme selection, presentation of research and criteria for evaluating RP.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education
Subtitle of host publicationstarptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference
EditorsVelta Lubkina, Līga Danilāne
Place of PublicationRēzekne
PublisherRēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija
Pages 424-436
Number of pages13
Volume3 : Skolas pedagoģija. Pirmsskolas pedagoģija
Publication statusPublished - 2020
EventInternational Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2020 - Rēzekne, Latvia
Duration: 22 May 202023 May 2020
http://journals.rta.lv/index.php/SIE/issue/viewIssue/141/534

Publication series

NameSociety. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība
PublisherRezekne Academy of Technologies
ISSN (Print)1691-5887
ISSN (Electronic)2256-0629

Conference

ConferenceInternational Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2020
Country/TerritoryLatvia
CityRēzekne
Period22/05/2023/05/20
Internet address

Keywords*

  • components
  • corpus
  • Health Science
  • high school learners’ research
  • themes
  • tokens
  • types

Field of Science*

  • 5.3 Educational sciences

Publication Type*

  • 3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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