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Sánchez Sánchez, Virginia; Martinez, Emilly K.; Jackson, Diane L. – Communication Teacher, 2020
Metatheoretical perspectives, and their role in influencing the research process, can be difficult for undergraduate students to grasp. The communication field brings together myriad approaches to communication, lending to students' confusion (Muller, H. L., & Craig, R. T. [2007]. Introduction. In R. T. Craig & H. L. Muller [Eds.],…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Communication Research, Theories, Introductory Courses
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Rigsby, Ellen M.; Imamura, Makiko – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2020
This study provides an overview of the shifting epistemological terrain regarding methodological approaches to the research process in the field of communication and discusses how a mixed-methods design could improve methods comprehension in undergraduate education. The authors describe how they incorporated a mixed-methods project into the…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Research Projects, Student Research, Undergraduate Students
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Perks, Lisa Glebatis; Turner, Jacob S. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2019
Communication is a diverse discipline that includes many social scientific, humanistic, and critical modes of inquiry. After elucidating several challenges to teaching a communication research methods course, this article describes a four-credit, one-semester "research incubator" that was piloted by two faculty members and seven students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Skills, Research Methodology
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Spradley, Elizabeth; Spradley, R. Tyler – Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2021
The improvisations needed to adapt to COVID-19 teaching and learning conditions affected students and faculty alike. This study uses chaos theory and improvisation to examine an undergraduate communication research methods course that was initially delivered synchronously/face-to-face and then transitioned to asynchronous/online in March 2020.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Educational Technology
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Caffarel, Carmen; Ortega, Félix; Gaitán, Juan-Antonio – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2018
This article presents the methodological strategies, results and a critical analysis of the national research project MapCom "The Research Sphere on Communication Studies Social Practices, Map of Projects, Groups, Research Objects and Methods". We present the results obtained within the first two phases of the research project. The…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Comparative Analysis
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Bruyer, Tom; Jacobs, Geert; Vandendaele, Astrid – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2016
This article presents a case-based exploration of the complex interactions between learning, research, and practice in the field of business and professional communication. It focuses on a student research project in the area of corporate social responsibility in the biopharmaceutical industry. Adopting an autoethnographic approach, we aim to…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Research, Education Work Relationship, Professional Education