A New Application of Raymond Padilla’s Unfolding Matrix in Framing Qualitative Data and the Follow-Up Activities for Educational Research

Abstract

This article introduces the new application of Raymond Padilla’s unfolding matrix in setting boundaries for postcollection qualitative data in educational research. It focuses on displaying the sample ways of using Padilla’s technique to solve the common problems of qualitative research when the researcher may have collected unnecessary data or may have missed important data in certain research. Using the sample of a real educational research aims to illustrate how this technique is used and modified to be different from its original versions. This article would call for attention and be helpful to any researchers with qualitative data of similar research contexts and designs.