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Rinkus, Marisa A.; Donovan, Shannon M.; Hall, Troy E.; O'Rourke, Michael – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2021
Interaction is the distinctive feature of focus groups, yet little attention has been devoted to understanding techniques for enhancing the quality of interactions. We argue that using a quantitative survey instrument with focus groups has specific benefits beyond traditional open-ended topic lists or questions. We describe particular features of…
Descriptors: Surveys, Focus Groups, Group Discussion, Interaction
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Rutledge, Stacey A.; Gilliam, Elizabeth; Closson-Pitts, Brittany – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2023
Qualitative researchers often turn to focus groups as an efficient and effective way to gather data in a collective context. A common critique is that they play into power dynamics present at the site, privileging dominant, high status, and more vocal participants. Traditional focus group structures also rely on participants to trust the…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Qualitative Research, Power Structure
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Wu, Yu-Lun; Rumble, Joy N.; Ruth, Taylor K.; Lamm, Alexa J.; Ellis, Jason D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2021
While focus group discussions have become popular across the communication research field, some researchers have pointed out the importance of studying group interactions within focus groups. However, most researchers used a qualitative approach and mostly explored the interaction between participants or between participants and the moderator.…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Group Discussion, Focus Groups, Interaction
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Wu, Anette; McWatt, Sean C.; Utomo, Rachel; Talis, Austin; Xiao, Que Yun; Saraci, Kerstin; Brassett, Cecilia; Sagoo, Mandeep Gill; Wingate, Richard; Chien, Chung-Liang; Traxler, Hannes; Waschke, Jens; Vielmuth, Fransziska; Sigmund, Anna; Yamada, Yukari; Sakurai, Takeshi; Zeroual, Mina; Olsen, Jorgen; El-Batti, Salma; Viranta-Kovanen, Suvi; Keay, Kevin; Stewart, William; Mao, Yinghui; Lang, Ariella; Kunzel, Carol; Bernd, Paulette; Kielstein, Heike; Noël, Geoffroy P. J. C. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023
Historically, Anatomy education is an in-person discipline involving exposure to human body donors that facilitates personal and professional growth through, in part, the initiation of reflection on the topic of death. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic the decreased exposure to cadaveric anatomy for many health professions students may have…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Donors, Human Body, COVID-19
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Lobe, Bojana; Morgan, David L. – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2021
The article introduces a systematic comparison of video-based dyadic interviews and focus groups using newly developed tools for evaluating the success of one way of doing focus groups over another. We conducted a series of online discussions using a video conferencing tool, half of which consisted of four-person focus groups and the other half…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Interviews
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Prasojo, Lantip Diat; Habibi, Akhmad; Yaakob, Mohd Faiz Mohd; Mukminin, Amirul; Haswindy, Septu; Sofwan, Muhammad – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2019
This explanatory sequential study investigated secondary school principals' perceptions on barriers regarding the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration in a developing country, Indonesia. For the quantitative phase, we administered a survey instrument to 250 Indonesian secondary school principals. The survey instrument was…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Principals, Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes
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Wagener, Marina – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2018
This paper describes and analyses the results of research into the learning experiences of young people in Germany who sponsor a child living in the Global South as part of their school activities. First, the research context and methodological approach is presented. A qualitative-reconstructive design was applied using the documentary method of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, School Activities, Qualitative Research
Paul Nalli – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This action research introduces an innovative construct entitled R.A.I.S.E. (Representation, Amplification of Assets, Inspiration, Support, and Empowerment and Engagement) to scale up leadership excellence in Ontario education systems. Equity (or the E-word) has become a highly contentious and volatile left-and right-wing political hotbed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Leadership Training, Elementary Secondary Education
Budiono, Eddy; Sutawidjaya, Akbar; Parta, I. Nengah; Sulandra, I. Made; Prayekti, Novi – Online Submission, 2020
The quality of mathematics assignments from teachers to students is one important element that determines whether learning is effective or not. To make quality math assignments requires knowledge from the teacher about content and students, who are subdomains of mathematical knowledge to teach. This knowledge needs to be developed in prospective…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Difficulty Level, Concept Formation
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Donkers, Martina; Orthia, Lindy A. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2016
Research into the role of fiction in engaging people with science is a growing area, but a little studied medium in this respect is "popular theatre," or non-pedagogic theatre that exists primarily as a work of art. This study investigated audience engagement with human cloning issues after seeing a performance of Caryl Churchill's 2002…
Descriptors: Drama, Audience Participation, Comparative Analysis, Group Discussion
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Panyajamorn, Titie; Suanmali, Suthathip; Kohda, Youji – Journal of Educators Online, 2022
This study investigates the effectiveness and knowledge retention of elearning models that could solve education problems in rural areas by considering two different examples: massive online open courses (MOOCs) and gamification hybrid learning. The study also proposes suitable and effective features that could influence student abilities in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, MOOCs, Public Schools, Program Effectiveness
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Tagicakiverata, Isimeli Waibuta; Nilan, Pam – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2018
This article reports on the development of a new culturally sensitive approach to collecting group discussion data in the Pacific: "veivosaki-yaga." The new approach was developed during a project on Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) in multicultural Fiji. One challenge was to gain understanding from villages of parental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Research Methodology
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Dentith, Audrey M.; Thompson, Onah P. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
An ecojustice seminar, held in May 2016 at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, is described in this chapter. The ecojustice theoretical framework, the seminar class design, and our findings relative to student learning as gleaned from follow-up focus groups, reflection papers, and online discussion are reported. Seminars such as…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Social Justice, Seminars, Focus Groups
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Bedetti, Gabriella – Honors in Practice, 2017
Discussion-based classes are a defining characteristic of honors curricula (National Collegiate Honors Council). Of the 177 institutions to describe their curriculum in the "Official Online Guide to Honors Colleges and Programs," 50% promote their classes as "discussion" or "discussion-based." The descriptions include…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Students, College Faculty, Mentors
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Avramides, Katerina; Craft, Brock; Luckin, Rosemary – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Energy sustainability is prevalent in political and popular rhetoric and yet energy consumption is rising. Teenagers are an important category of future energy consumers, but little is known of their conceptions about energy and energy saving. We report on empirical research with two groups of teenagers. This is part of ongoing work to design…
Descriptors: Energy, Sustainability, Energy Conservation, Adolescents
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