scholarly journals Fostering the Development of Written Argumentative Competence in ELT from a Critical Literacy Approach

2018 ◽  
pp. 159-184
Author(s):  
Diego Sánchez-Peña ◽  
Claudia Marcela Chapetón
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Argumentative Competence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

This article reports the findings of an action research which aimed at describing and analyzing the impact that the implementation of argumentative writing activities through a critical literacy approach may have on 4th semester pre-service teachers’ argumentative competence development. Participants belong to the B.A. program in English and Spanish teaching at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional. The article draws on qualitative data collection techniques such as questionnaires, focus groups, audio recordings of class sessions, and class artifacts. Findings indicate that adopting a critical literacy approach helped pre-service-teachers foster the development of their written argumentative competence. It was revealed that participants grew as argumentative writers as they were able to take a clear position and weigh their claims. Moreover, they were engaged in reflection that fostered awareness of their roles as future ELT educators which in turn empowered them to discover teaching as a tool for transformation.

scholarly journals Re-Thinking the Boundaries of the Focus Group: A Reflexive Analysis on the Use and Legitimacy of Group Methodologies in Qualitative Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Angela Caretta ◽  
Elena Vacchelli
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Group A ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

This article aims at problematizing the boundaries of what counts as focus group and in so doing it identifies some continuity between focus group and workshop, especially when it comes to arts informed and activity laden focus groups. The workshop [1] is often marginalized as a legitimate method for qualitative data collection outside PAR (Participatory Action Research)-based methodologies. Using examples from our research projects in East Africa and in London we argue that there are areas of overlap between these two methods, yet we tend to use concepts and definitions associated with focus groups because of the lack of visibility of workshops in qualitative research methods academic literature. The article argues that focus groups and workshops present a series of intertwined features resulting in a blending of the two which needs further exploration. In problematizing the boundaries of focus groups and recognizing the increasing usage of art-based and activity-based processes for the production of qualitative data during focus groups, we argue that focus groups and workshop are increasingly converging. We use a specifically feminist epistemology in order to critically unveil the myth around the non-hierarchical nature of consensus and group interaction during focus group discussions and other multi-vocal qualitative methods and contend that more methodological research should be carried out on the workshop as a legitimate qualitative data collection technique situated outside the cycle of action research.

scholarly journals Implementation of virtual focus groups for qualitative data collection in a global pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel C. Dos Santos Marques ◽  
Lauren M. Theiss ◽  
Cynthia Y. Johnson ◽  
Elise McLin ◽  
Beth A. Ruf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Virtual Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

Issues in Quality Use of Medicines in two Non-English Speaking Background Communities

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Bolton ◽  
Sekneh Hammoud ◽  
Joanne Leung
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Medication Compliance ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Parallel Iterative ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

Compliance is a policy issue in the quality use of medicine that has attracted much interest; however, there is little research about medication compliance issues in people of non-English speaking backgrounds. This paper describes a qualitative data collection that was used to identify compliance issues, and possible approaches to these issues, in an area of South-Eastern Sydney with a high non-English speaking population. Two parallel, iterative, series of GP and consumer focus groups were held in Arabic and Chinese communities. Later focus groups built on the findings of earlier groups and sought to engage GPs and consumers in identifying issues in compliance, and possible approaches to these issues. The paper compares and contrasts the results from these two communities and suggests that the approach might be used to identify compliance issues in other communities. Communication around appropriate medication use was the key issue common to both communities. The Chinese community was otherwise much more critical of Western medicine than the Arahic community, perhaps because of the strength of traditional medicine in that culture.

scholarly journals Use of Video Conferencing to Facilitate Focus Groups for Qualitative Data Collection

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Scott B. Greenspan ◽  
Kelsey L Gordon ◽  
Sara A. Whitcomb ◽  
Alexandra A. Lauterbach
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

scholarly journals Innovative Data Collection Strategies in Qualitative Research

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Onwuegbuzie ◽  
Nancy Leech ◽  
Kathleen Collins
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Collection Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

This article provides an innovative meta-framework comprising strategies designed to guide qualitative data collection in the 21st century. We present a meta-framework comprising strategies for collecting data from interviews, focus groups, observations, and documents/material culture. We present a template for collecting nonverbal data during interviews and discuss the concept of debriefing the interviewer. We identify types of data that can be collected in focus groups in addition to the actual statements made by the participants and provide templates for categorizing these data. Also, we outline the role that social networking websites can play in focus group interviews. Further, we provide models for observations that include photographs and videos. Finally, we outline ways of accessing and collating documents/material culture that can be used for document analyses.

Gamified Assessment Supported by a Dynamic 3D Collaborative Game

2019 ◽  
pp. 399-412
Author(s):  
Apostolos Mavridis ◽  
Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos ◽  
Michalis Chatzakis ◽  
Konstantinos Kitsikoudis ◽  
Efthymios Lazarou
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Science Department ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Collaborative Game ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

This study examined whether a 3D collaborative gave can be used as a midterm examination method and investigated the impact of this game on students' attitude towards collaboration. A total of 89 students and one coordinating professor participated in this study. The intervention lasted five weeks and took place in a computer science department. The game that was used as a treatment was dynamic and therefore the educator was able to customize its content for the examinations using an administration panel. A mixed method of quantitative and qualitative data collection was used. The results indicated that there was a statistically significant correlation between the performance of the students on the game and their performance on the final paper-based examination. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the attitude of the students towards collaboration before and after the use of the game.

Qualitative Data Gathering Techniques

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Lochrie ◽  
Ross Curran ◽  
Kevin O'Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Research Techniques ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

As a primary methodology in the Methods Map, qualitative research techniques promote the collection of rich and revelatory data. This chapter presents several qualitative data collection techniques appropriate to business management research, such as interviews, focus groups, ethnographic approaches, observations, and the use of diaries. To the inexperienced researcher, these approaches may initially appear a less challenging methodological option to pursue, however, this chapter serves to highlight the inherent complexities associated with qualitative techniques and offers accessible advice and guidance for researchers new to qualitative research, or those looking to formalise their current understanding.

scholarly journals Unintended consequences: a qualitative study exploring the impact of collecting implementation process data with phone interviews on implementation activities

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inga Gruß ◽  
Arwen Bunce ◽  
James Davis ◽  
Rachel Gold
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Data Collection Methods ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Collection Methods ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

Abstract Background Qualitative data are crucial for capturing implementation processes, and thus necessary for understanding implementation trial outcomes. Typical methods for capturing such data include observations, focus groups, and interviews. Yet little consideration has been given to how such methods create interactions between researchers and study participants, which may affect participants’ engagement, and thus implementation activities and study outcomes. In the context of a clinical trial, we assessed whether and how ongoing telephone check-ins to collect data about implementation activities impacted the quality of collected data, and participants’ engagement in study activities. Methods Researchers conducted regular phone check-ins with clinic staff serving as implementers in an implementation study. Approximately 1 year into this trial, 19 of these study implementers were queried about the impact of these calls on study engagement and implementation activities. The two researchers who collected implementation process data through phone check-ins with the study implementers were also interviewed about their perceptions of the impact of the check-ins. Results Study implementers’ assessment of the check-ins’ impact fell into three categories: (1) the check-ins had no effect on implementation activities, (2) the check-ins served as a reminder about study participation (without relating a clear impact on implementation activities), and (3) the check-ins caused changes in implementation activities. The researchers similarly perceived that the phone check-ins served as reminders and encouraged some implementers’ engagement in implementation activities; their ongoing nature also created personal connections with study implementers that may have impacted implementation activities. Among some study implementers, anticipation of the check-in calls also improved their ability to recount implementation activities and positively affected quality of the data collected. Conclusion These results illustrate the potential impact of qualitative data collection on implementation activities during implementation science trials. Mitigating such effects may prove challenging, but acknowledging these consequences—or even embracing them, perhaps by designing data collection methods as implementation strategies—could enhance scientific rigor. This work is presented to stimulate debate about the complexities involved in capturing data on implementation processes using common qualitative data collection methods. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02325531. Registered 15 December 2014.

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