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Flint, Maureen A.; Toledo, Whitney – Review of Higher Education, 2021
This article explores the landscape of artful research in higher education through a critical qualitative content analysis of articles published in 41 higher education journals between 2000 and 2020. An analysis of 218 articles published over a 20-year period found (a) a steady increase in artful approaches to inquiry over time, across all tiers…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Inquiry, Research Methodology
Kamini Jaipal-Jamani; Hope Mayne; Sheliza Ibrahim – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
Implementing collaborative action research (CAR) is recognized as an effective strategy for transforming professional practice through evidence-based methods. How can CAR be carried out online, and how is data collected through digital methods? This case study will address these aspects in the context of a CAR, international professional…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Teacher Educators
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Pearson, Marion L.; Albon, Simon P.; Hubball, Harry – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
Individuals and teams engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in multidisciplinary higher education settings must make decisions regarding choice of research methodology and methods. These decisions are guided by the research context and the goals of the inquiry. With reference to our own recent experiences investigating…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Scholarship, Instruction, Learning
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Katz, Sara – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
There is no defined theory for teaching Qualitative Inquiry, and very few studies have focused on the topic. This study is a qualitative case study focused on the Qualitative Methods course that I teach at a college of education in Israel. The aim of the study is to explore and describe the course, to provide a true picture of my pedagogy, and to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Data Collection
Stich, Amy Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
More than a decade ago, art historian Carol Duncan (1993) questioned the legitimacy of the democratization of an "elite" liberal arts education, challenging assumptions held by educators, administrators, and scholars that "the democratization of an elite liberal arts education is possible." This study is a direct extension of Professor Duncan's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Inquiry, Interviews
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Lamanauskas, Vincentas, Ed. – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
These proceedings contain papers of the 3rd International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2019) held in Šiauliai, Lithuania, June 17-19, 2019. This symposium was organized by the Scientific Methodical Center "Scientia Educologica" in cooperation with the Institute of Education, Šiauliai University. The…
Descriptors: Science Education, Technology Education, Formative Evaluation, Chemistry
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Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing
Gleazer, Charlene – Educ Rec, 1970
Article suggests ways to slow the deluge of questionnaires that is strangling the academic world and its administrators, and still improve data collection. (Editor)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Higher Education, Inquiry, Presidents
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Harper, Shaun R.; Kuh, George D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2007
The value of qualitative assessment approaches has been underestimated primarily because they are often juxtaposed against long-standing quantitative traditions and the widely accepted premise that the best research produces generalizable and statistically significant findings. Institutional researchers avoid qualitative methods for at least three…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Institutional Research, Methods
Pride, Cletis – New Directions for Institutional Advancement, 1979
Survey validity is seen to be dependent on a high rate of response. Practical advice from successful National Geographic Society surveys is provided including presurvey contacts, postsurvey follow-ups, incentives, and letters and questionnaires designed to encourage response. Response bias is not seen as insurmountable. (MLW)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Higher Education, Inquiry, Marketing
Dresser, Rocio – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
In the United States in the last few years, a considerable amount of attention has been given to literacy programs as a way to close the academic gap between English-only (EO) students and English language learners (ELL). Teacher education programs around the country have been dealing with issues of academic inequity for some time. There are no…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Needs, Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning
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Johnson, Genevieve Marie – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2007
Practice-as-inquiry refers to the blending of instructional practice with systematic curricular inquiry. College and university teachers, while experts in their disciplines, typically are not specialists in instructional practice. Practice-as-inquiry (also referred to as teacher-as-researcher) may function as a mechanism of continuous teaching…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Dentistry, Data Interpretation
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Phillips, Katherine A.; Germann, Paul J. – American Biology Teacher, 2002
Describes the Inquiry "I" which is designed as a learning tool for scientific inquiry. Explains the steps of prior knowledge, logical argument, experimental design, procedure, data collection, data transformation, results, and new knowledge. Uses guided and open inquiry approaches. (YDS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Data Collection, Higher Education, Inquiry
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Favero, Terry – American Biology Teacher, 1998
Recommends that teachers avoid cookbook-type exercises and predescribed protocols for laboratory work and instead engage students in research that can teach critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills. (DDR)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Inquiry
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Wyatt, Sarah – Journal of General Education, 2005
Extending inquiry-based learning to allow students to develop their own questions and design and perform their own experiments can greatly enhance education. Students gain an appreciation of how knowledge is acquired and insights into evaluating data. Although easily applied to laboratory courses, the technique is also applicable to lecture…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Student Research, Higher Education
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