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Helen P. Nicholson; Philip J. Shrives – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
Interaction is a much-claimed attribute of focus group research yet is often deficient in analysis when its essence can become lost. In this paper we aim to develop a flexible framework that can be operationalized and replicated when attempting to encourage and capture interaction. Working as outsider researchers with John Lewis & Partners…
Descriptors: Interaction, Focus Groups, Transcripts (Written Records), Interaction Process Analysis
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MacGillivray, Laurie; Goode, Gretchen S. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2016
Researchers of after-school tutoring primarily focus on educational outcomes with little attention to the social dynamics of such programs. In our qualitative case study, we examined the nature of interactions among tutors in a tutoring program at a homeless shelter for families. Employing Bourdieu's concepts of "social capital" and…
Descriptors: Tutoring, After School Programs, Tutors, Homeless People
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Szeto, Elson; Cheng, Annie Y. N. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
A synchronous blend of online learning and "face-to-face" teaching is becoming a feasible instructional approach in higher education with the advent of technology. Although this learning mode is not new in higher education, little research has been done to contextualise social presence experiences in which effects of interactions were…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning
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Schmitt, Mary Ann; Duggan, Molly H.; Williams, Mitchell R.; McMillan, Judy B. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This multiple case study explored classified staff interactions with students as a strategy for increasing success. Interviews, observations, and focus groups examined interactions from the staff perspective. Findings indicate staff members enhance the educational process by providing a human connection, offering practical strategies for success,…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Interviews, Observation, Focus Groups
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Thanh Pham, Thi Hong – Higher Education Research and Development, 2013
This study aimed to investigate the perceptions, interactions and behaviours of different-ability college students when they worked on different types of assessments. Two classes of 145 Vietnamese college students participated in this three-month study. The students were assigned to mixed-ability groups, each of which consisted of five students.…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, High Achievement, Student Projects, Group Activities
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Donnelly, Roisin – Computers & Education, 2010
This paper explores the concept and practice of interaction within a blended problem-based learning (PBL) module for academic professional development in higher education. A qualitative study spanning two years of the lived experiences of 17 academic staff in a blended PBL module was considered likely to provide a much-needed analysis of current…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Interaction Process Analysis, Focus Groups