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Explanatory Inferencing in Simulation-Based Discovery Learning: Sequence Analysis Using the Edit Distance Median String
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Obaid, Teeba; Nesbit, John C.; Mahmoody Ghaidary, Ahmad; Jain, Misha; Hajian, Shiva – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
Understanding scientific phenomena requires learners to construct mental models of causal systems. Simulation-based discovery learning offers learners the opportunity to construct mental models and test them against the behavior of a simulation. The purpose of this study was to investigate sequential patterns of learner actions and utterances…
Descriptors: Inferences, Simulation, Discovery Learning, Science Education
Cultivating an Online Teacher Community of Practice around the Instructional Conversation Pedagogy: A Social Network Analysis
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Boada, Diego A. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
This mixed methods study followed an explanatory sequential design to explore the formation, development, and evolution of a formal online teacher community of practice (CoP). The online CoP supported 382 teachers as they implemented the instructional conversation (IC) pedagogy, a collaborative conversation-based pedagogy for culturally and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication, Teacher Collaboration, Sequential Approach
Implementing Quality Criteria in Designing and Conducting a Sequential Quan [right arrow] Qual Mixed Methods Study of Student Engagement with Learning Applied Research Methods Online
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Ivankova, Nataliya V. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2014
In spite of recent methodological developments related to quality assurance in mixed methods research, practical examples of how to implement quality criteria in designing and conducting sequential QUAN [right arrow] QUAL mixed methods studies to ensure the process is systematic and rigorous remain scarce. This article discusses a three-step…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research, Quality Assurance