Presents a study that focuses on the dissonant study orchestrations of high-achieving university students. Examines the relationship between study orchestrations and study success. States that advanced psychology students' dissonant study orchestrations were compared with previous findings of advanced medical students orchestrations. Includes…

Describes a collaborative art-based autobiography project executed by a teacher educator/artist and preservice elementary teachers. The project crossed boundaries between research and practice, combining arts-based teaching, qualitative research, and presentation of multiple perspectives in an installation as a way of displaying data. The article…

Examines the relationships between cultural values and experiences of happiness in two samples focusing on university students in Taiwan (n=439) and the United Kingdom (n=344). Reports that the relationships between values and happiness were stronger in the Taiwanese sample. Includes references and an appendix. (CMK)

Shares insights and experiences of three students that might smooth the way for other graduate students who may be struggling to chart their own courses to the "PhD shore." Suggests that it is ultimately the student who must take ownership and chart a course through the "choppy dissertation waters." (SG)

Primary school teachers' responses to interview questions about science concepts are described and compared in general terms with views of scientific concepts held by children. Some possible implications of the findings for the development of primary science are outlined. Sample interview questions are included. (Author/CW)

Qualitative research has a limited role in the total research effort in sport pedagogy. This article discusses problems and limitations of qualitative research. Topics include trustworthiness of data, oversimplified comparisons between quantitative and qualitative research, and appropriate contexts for using qualitative research as the method of…

Investigates the role of social interaction in the literacy learning of three- and four-year-olds. Finds that children's self-selected literacy activities are rich contexts for literacy learning, and that social interaction provides context and motivation for literacy learning, and influences the kinds of literacy strategies children internalize…

In-depth qualitative discussion using the nominal group technique examined freshmen's (N=122) perceived susceptibility to AIDS and barriers to prevention. Suggestions, based on students' comments, are made for improving AIDS-prevention programs on campus. (Author/IAH)

Illustrates that ethnographic research is not antipathetic to controlled experimental or quasi-experimental research. Argues that qualitative and various kinds of quantitative research need to be used in productive symbiotic relationships. (RAE)

A qualitative case study and monitoring data complemented a study of the evaluation of a health promotion program (Project LIFE) conducted in 23 rubber-producing plants in the United States. The study illustrates assessment of threats to internal validity, including the degree to which the planned intervention was actually implemented. (SLD)

Reviews major paradigms that differ from positivistic research tradition of reductive experimentation. Describes naturalistic-ethnographic, phenomenological, and cybernetic paradigms in terms of their conceptual base, methodological characteristics, applications, types of research questions they can address, and strengths and limitations. Proposed…

This study is part of a longitudinal research endeavor to investigate hearing-impaired students' experience in teacher training. The first phase, reported here, examines qualitatively-assessed barriers three hearing-impaired students encountered during acclimation to the training program for teachers of the hearing impaired at one university. (PB)

Argues that school improvement efforts have not been examined carefully, comprehensibly, sensibly, and sensitively enough. Describes Canada's reform attempts which abandon isolated inservice education efforts, recognize that problems in implementing school reforms need to be addressed, and recognize that the school must be the focal point of…

Defines the value of classroom research in terms of three paradoxes: (1) it steps back by taking an intimate look; (2) it yields a holistic view but also reveals the dynamics of its parts; and (3) it is a unique whole and a part of inquiry into language and learning. (RS)

It is argued that quantitative research methods used alone often fail to adequately capture the complexities of spoken interaction; the inclusion of qualitative analysis can produce a greater insight into the functions of different interactive strategies and provides a valuable additional perspective to research into gender differences. (Contains…