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Student-Centered Instruction and Shared Vision are low in Table 4.1, which may be why there is
no correlation.
Biases and Limitations
The findings of this study may be affected by the following limitations. The nature of
this study is exploratory and includes four schools. Therefore, the results of this study are not
transferable to other settings, though the outcomes may be similar to other cases (Onwuegbuzie
& Johnson, 2008).
This study is meant to be descriptive of the cases in the study. The researcher's
perceptions and those of current leadership or current teachers can change from day to day, and
another study of the same cases may result in slightly different results. Participant misperception
of questions or categories can certainly skew the data provided to the researcher in interviews or
ratings or surveys. This study is descriptive only of the settings as they existed during the
duration of the study and for this researcher.
The findings in this study might imply that lack of statistically significant correlations
between policy and practice might be a result of errors in coding. Another possible implication
is that there were self-selection errors in the data since all teacher participation in the LoTI
survey was voluntary. There is a bias in the sample of schools where district leadership
voluntarily agreed for schools to participate. Indeed, the schools that willingly participated would
create a biased set, as they were all willing to reveal strengths and weaknesses of their programs.
A limitation of this study is that the sample size for schools is small. Little variation in
dependent variables would also be a reason for not finding statistically significant results. It is
possible that there are other significant factors that do relate and need to be explored.84
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Bauter, Cynthia. A Case Study of 1:1 Technology Policies in Four Texas High Schools and Their Relationship to Practice, dissertation, December 2013; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc407819/m1/95/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .