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Assessing Program Impact with the Critical Incident Technique
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O'Neill, Barbara – Journal of Extension, 2013
The critical incident technique (CIT) is a qualitative research method where subjects are encouraged to tell personal stories that provide descriptive data. Researchers who use the CIT employ a structured methodology to encourage respondents to share their experiences regarding a particular topic. Incidents are considered effective/successful when…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Critical Incidents Method, Qualitative Research
Using an Online Curriculum Design and a Cooperative Instructional Approach to Orientate Adjunct Faculty to the Online Learning Environment
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Lewis, Emily; Wang, Chihhsuan – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2015
The focus of this study was to develop an orientation program that would assist adjunct faculty to gain specific competencies to facilitate an online course. The orientation curriculum employed a set of guiding questions that focused on the intellectual, cognitive, and applicable skills adjunct faculty would need to facilitate an online course. To…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Teacher Orientation, Electronic Learning
What Helps and Hinders Indigenous Student Success in Higher Education Health Programmes: A Qualitative Study Using the Critical Incident Technique
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Curtis, Elana; Wikaire, Erena; Kool, Bridget; Honey, Michelle; Kelly, Fiona; Poole, Phillippa; Barrow, Mark; Airini; Ewen, Shaun; Reid, Papaarangi – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
Tertiary institutions aim to provide high quality teaching and learning that meet the academic needs for an increasingly diverse student body including indigenous students. "Tatou Tatou" is a qualitative research project utilising Kaupapa "Maori" research methodology and the Critical Incident Technique interview method to…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Indigenous Populations, Interviews, Critical Incidents Method
Critical Incidents in Sustaining School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
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Andreou, Theresa E.; McIntosh, Kent; Ross, Scott W.; Kahn, Joshua D. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify, categorize, and describe practitioners' perspectives regarding factors that help and hinder sustainability of Tier I (universal) systems within School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). Seventeen participants involved in sustaining Tier I SWPBIS over several years within a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Student Behavior
Improving Indigenous and Ethnic Minority Student Success in Foundation Health Study
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Curtis, Elana; Townsend, Sonia; Airini – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
This study investigates what teaching practices in the "non-lecture context of a foundation programme" help or hinder Maori and Pasifika students' success in a New Zealand university. This two-year qualitative project used Kaupapa Maori and Pasifika Research (KM/PR) methodologies conducted in three phases: (1) needs analysis, (2)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Indigenous Populations
The Influence of Randomly Allocated Group Membership when Developing Student Task Work and Team Work Capabilities
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McClelland, Giles Peter – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2012
This study explores whether randomly assigning group membership enhances the student learning experience. The paper starts with a critical analysis of the approaches to student learning within higher education and how these approaches conflict with findings from applied psychology on group behaviour. The study adopts a serendipitous qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Conflict, Program Effectiveness