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David Hodgson; Reinie Cordier; Lauren Parsons; Brontë Walter; Fadzai Chikwava; Lynelle Watts; Stian Thoresen; Matthew Martinez; Donna Chung – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
Managing and analysing large qualitative datasets pose a particular challenge for researchers seeking a consistent and rigorous approach to qualitative data analysis. This paper describes and demonstrates the development and adoption of a matrix tool to guide the qualitative data analysis of a large sample (N = 122) of interview data. The paper…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Matrices
Deehan, James; Danaia, Lena; McKinnon, David H. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This paper assesses the relationship between participation in two tertiary science courses and the science teaching efficacy beliefs (STEBs) of one cohort of preservice elementary teachers over a four-year period. Two Type II case studies were conducted within the courses. Data were collected through 26 administrations of the Science Teaching…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teacher Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers, Beliefs
Frost, Laura; Greene, Jackie; Huffman, Tanya; Johnson, Brian; Kunberger, Tanya; Goodson, Ludwika – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2018
In an attempt to address declining persistence rates of university STEM majors (Science, Teaching, Engineering, and Math), concerns regarding retention rates and waning STEM faculty participation in faculty development, we report on a year-long professional development program called the STEM Professional Academy to Reinvigorate the Culture of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Evidence Based Practice
McClure, Kevin; Ryder, Andrew J. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2018
This study sought to better understand the relationship between access to spending money and students' social relationships with peers through a survey and four follow-up focus groups at a public regional comprehensive university. Using sense of belonging as a conceptual lens, findings demonstrated that spending money was a significant influence…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Followup Studies, Focus Groups, College Students
Demiral, Umit – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the critical thinking skills of preservice science teachers in terms of various variables (gender, grade level, academic grade point average, participation in activities) and their opinions. In the research, sequential explanatory design, which is one of the mixed method research designs, was used. The study…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Preservice Teachers, Constructivism (Learning)
Birkhead, Sara; Suh, Jennifer; Gerasimova, Daria; Seshaiyer, Padmanabhan – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
The following research report documents a professional development that focused on promoting understanding of algebraic learning progressions across vertical teams of elementary and secondary teachers. Analyzing quantitative data from the pre and post MKT assessment and qualitative data from lesson reflections and final course reflections,…
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development
Mahmoudi-Gahrouei, Vahid; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Hamman, Doug – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2016
Professional identity surfaces repeatedly as an important underlying factor in teacher development. A sequential explanatory mixed methods design was used to investigate identity development in terms of teachers' expected and feared possible selves. Teachers (n = 120) representing three career groups (prospect, new, and experienced) participated.…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Career Development, Faculty Development, Mixed Methods Research
Hopkins, John – Higher Education Quarterly, 2016
This research examines the issue of transnational academic mobility of academic staff, those choosing to migrate to higher education institutions in different countries as part of their career development, and performs a comparative study between the characteristics of academics examining Australia as a possible migratory destination with those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Mobility, Migration, Career Development
Swain, Jon; Cara, Olga; Mallows, David – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2017
This paper reports findings from a mixed methods research project in 2011, which set out to examine the extent and nature of father and child shared home reading practices. There was a particular focus on exploring fathers' perceptions of their role in reading with their child, aged five years old. The research was commissioned by Booktrust and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fathers, Reading Aloud to Others, Preschool Children
Peterson, Andrew; Durrant, Ian; Bentley, Brendan – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
This paper presents the findings of a study concerned with student teachers' perceptions of their role as civic educators. Focusing on student teachers undertaking one-year, pre-service programmes within the secondary age range (11- to 18-years-old) at a large higher education institution in the south of England, the study adopted a mixed methods…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Citizenship Education
Shabani, Karim – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2018
The present study was designed to test a group-based format of dynamic assessment (G-DA) in the context of writing over a time span of twelve weeks of instruction. A cohort of 60 students took a homogeneity test and based on the results, 44 students were selected to participate forming the two groups of experimental (N = 22) and control (N = 22).…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Cohort Analysis, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Gaudreault, Karen Lux; Richards, K. Andrew R.; Woods, Amelia Mays – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Previous research related to occupational socialization theory has indicated that, in certain school contexts, physical education (PE) and physical education teachers are socially constructed as being less important than, or marginal to, the primary purpose of schooling. This research highlights the challenges associated with occupying a position…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Recognition (Achievement), Professional Identity, Mixed Methods Research
Lovett, Jennifer Nickell – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study is to provide researchers, mathematics educators, and statistics educators information about the current state of preservice secondary mathematics teachers' preparedness to teach statistics. To do so, this study employed an explanatory mixed methods design to quantitatively examine the statistical knowledge and statistics…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Readiness, Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Bussell, Hilary; Hagman, Jessica; Guder, Christopher S. – College & Research Libraries, 2017
This article reports on a study of research needs and learning preferences of graduate students at a public research university. A sequential exploratory mixed-method design was used, with a survey instrument developed from an initial qualitative stage. Significant differences were found between master's and doctoral students' and on-campus and…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Preferences, Graduate Students, Public Colleges
Shannon, Elizabeth Ann; Pearson, Sue; Quinn, Wendy; Macintyre, Kate – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
Part-time postgraduate students make up a significant proportion of the student population, yet their experience remains poorly understood. In this article, a multi-phase, explanatory mixed-method study conducted within Tasmanian health and human services provides some answers. Students reported improved job performance, self-esteem and increased…
Descriptors: Human Services, Health Services, Part Time Students, Graduate Study