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Direct linkPolkinghorne, Donald E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
Qualitative research is inquiry aimed at describing and clarifying human experience as it appears in people's lives. Researchers using qualitative methods gather data that serve as evidence for their distilled descriptions. Qualitative data are gathered primarily in the form of spoken or written language rather than in the form of numbers.…
Descriptors: Written Language, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Interviews
Jensen, Marvin D. – 1989
Discovering pleasure in words should begin at a young age. But the discovery can continue among college students if oral communication courses offer parallels to the art and music appreciation courses which are part of most collegiate curricula. Some class activities which can enlarge appreciation of oral language are: (1) students may be assigned…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Instruction, Higher Education, Language Attitudes
