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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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Stauffer, Katelyn E. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
This article discusses two interview assignments used in a class on political representation. Instructor observations, as well as student-provided survey data, indicate the assignment was a successful learning tool. Students who provided feedback on the assignment reported high levels of enjoyment and learning. Moreover, students reported higher…
Descriptors: Political Science, Course Content, Teaching Methods, Interviews
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Säre, Egle; Tulviste, Tiia; Luik, Piret – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Effective questioning helps preschoolers to reason verbally during philosophical group discussions. The aim of this study was to identify which researcher's questions preschoolers respond to with verbal reasoning during such discussions. The data were collected through video-recorded group discussions. A total of 1567 questions and 1119 verbal…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Verbal Ability, Thinking Skills, Group Discussion
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Bartelds, Hanneke; Savenije, Geerte M.; van Boxtel, Carla – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2020
Teachers' beliefs about skills play a significant role in how they teach those skills. Similarly, students' mastery of a skill is influenced by their ideas about its value and what the performance of the skill exactly entails. In this study, 10 history teachers and 17 students in secondary school (age 16-17) were interviewed about their beliefs…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Mastery Learning, History Instruction
Oliver, John; Gordon, Stephen P.; Oliver, Michele L. – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2018
This article reports on a study of the value master's students in a principal preparation program placed on a variety of instructional strategies. The aspiring principals completed a survey with fixed-response and open-ended items. The students' most valued class discussions were about how their personal experiences related to the class topic and…
Descriptors: Principals, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Administrator Education
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Nishiyama, Kei – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2018
Involvement of children in research processes requires various ethical considerations. In particular, while interviewing children, a researcher needs to take into consideration the power imbalance between a researcher and children as well as among children. This article suggests a possible way of mitigating potential risks, drawing on the idea and…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Participation, Children, Communities of Practice
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Smith, Prudence M.; Hackling, Mark W. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Students' thinking and learning in inquiry-based science is contingent on them being able to participate in substantive conversations so they explore their ideas and develop reasons and explanations for the outcomes of their investigations. While teachers understand the importance of talk for student learning, they are often unaware of the impact…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Yusmanto, Harry; Soetjipto, Budi Eko; Djatmika, Ery Tri – International Education Studies, 2017
This Classroom Action Research aims to improve students' HOTS (High Order Thinking Skills) and Social Studies learning outcomes through the application of Carousel Feedback and Round Table cooperative learning methods. This study was based on a model proposed by Elliott and was implemented for three cycles. The subjects were 30 female students of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Cooperative Learning, Thinking Skills
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Hadjioannou, Xenia; Townsend, Jane S. – Classroom Discourse, 2015
In this qualitative case study, we examine the texture of talk in the booktalks of a fifth-grade classroom where authentic classroom discussions were common. The discourse analysis of classroom transcripts yielded 13 overlapping move categories describing the talk of the teacher, and nine the talk of the students. A comparison between authentic…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Comparative Analysis, Literature
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Hansen, David T. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
In this article, the author elucidates the idea of bearing witness to teaching and teachers. The orientation derives from a philosophical and field-based inquiry pivoting around the questions What does it mean to be a person in the world today? and What does it mean to be a person in the role of teacher? From 2012 to 2014, the author interacted…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Role, Urban Schools
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Xiao, Sihan – ECNU Review of Education, 2018
Purpose: This commentary aims to echo Wilkinson, Bailey, and Maher's (this volume) arguments about the affordances of videos and video databases in studying learning and teaching. Design/Approach/Methods: This article illustrates a multivocal approach to the videos from the "Video Mosaic Collaborative" (VMC). In particular, three…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Research Methodology, Affordances, Databases
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Burford, James – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2018
This article attends to the affective-political dimensions of doctoral aspiration. It considers why doctoral students continue to hope for an 'academic good life' in spite of the depressed and precarious features of the academic present. The article emerges from 2013 research with ten doctoral students in the Arts and Social Sciences, at a…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Social Theories
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Jiang, Wenting – Distance Education, 2017
More and more educational institutions are moving towards online distance learning. Although asynchronous online learning overcomes the constraints of time, place and pace, online distance learners feel isolated due to the lack of real-time communications. One possible solution for overcoming this sense of isolation is regulating student online…
Descriptors: Student Role, Role Perception, Perspective Taking, Sense of Community
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Robertson, Justin – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Hosting guest speakers is a common practice among instructors because it can yield new insights for students. However, the experience is often disappointing. This article refers to guest experts to signal a break from the conventional approach, in which guest speakers deliver information primarily in a one-directional manner without any engagement…
Descriptors: Political Science, Teaching Methods, Specialists, Student Role
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Suwal, Sunil; Singh, Vishal – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools and processes are increasingly adopted and implemented in the construction industry. Consequently, BIM education is considered increasingly important in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) education. While most of the research and literature on BIM education in engineering studies has focused…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Construction Management, Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes
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