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Michalovich, Amir – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2022
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) is becoming increasingly prevalent in the social and health sciences and an expected skill for many researchers. CAQDAS is much less structured than the use of quantitative analysis software. However, actual CAQDAS practices and challenges have been insufficiently studied, especially among…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Data Analysis, Computer Software, Graduate Students
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Bourque, Claude Julie; Bourdon, Sylvain – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
Drawing on the experience of training graduate students and researchers in qualitative and mixed-methods analysis since the mid-1990s, the authors reflect on the evolution of a multidisciplinary graduate course developed in a Canadian university since 2007. The hands-on/hands-off course design based on the use of NVivo was developed in parallel…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Study, Social Science Research, Research Methodology
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Gil, Einat; Gibbs, Alison L. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
In this study, we follow students' modeling and covariational reasoning in the context of learning about big data. A three-week unit was designed to allow 12th grade students in a mathematics course to explore big and mid-size data using concepts such as trend and scatter to describe the relationships between variables in multivariate settings.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 12, Statistics
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Rolfe, Vivien – Open Praxis, 2016
For those receiving funding from the UK HEFCE-funded Open Educational Resource Programme (2009-2012), the sustainability of project outputs was one of a number of essential goals. Our approach for the hosting and distribution of health and life science open educational resources (OER) was based on the utilisation of the WordPress.org blogging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services
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de Lange, Naydene; Mnisi, Thoko; Mitchell, Claudia; Park, Eun G. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2010
The partnerships, especially university-community partnerships, that sustain globally networked learning environments often face challenges in mobilizing research to empower local communities to effect change. This article examines these challenges by describing a university-community partnership involving researchers and graduate students in…
Descriptors: Archives, Community Change, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis
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Macfadyen, Leah P.; Dawson, Shane – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
Learning analytics offers higher education valuable insights that can inform strategic decision-making regarding resource allocation for educational excellence. Research demonstrates that learning management systems (LMSs) can increase student sense of community, support learning communities and enhance student engagement and success, and LMSs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Participant Observation, Program Evaluation
Liljedahl, Peter, Ed.; Oesterle, Susan, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2011
This submission contains the Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG), held at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. The CMESG is a group of mathematicians and mathematics educators who meet annually to discuss mathematics education issues at all levels of learning. The aims…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Mathematics Education, Textbooks, Performance Based Assessment
Brown, Robert S.; Baird, William; Rosolen, Lisa – 1999
In January 1998, seven school boards amalgamated to form the Toronto District School Board, a board responsible for 600 schools. To deal with the complexities of the new entity, researchers have been using geographical information systems (GIS). GIS are computer-based tools for mapping. They store information as a collection of thematic layers or…
Descriptors: Cartography, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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Paquette, Jerry – Equity and Excellence, 1992
Examines participation in secondary school courses and programs of selected minority groups in Canada. This pilot study of 2,308 secondary school students illustrates methods and software that make fine-grained analysis of group participation possible. Methodological issues are explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment