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Showing 1 to 20 of 7463 for “"Semi-structured Interviews"”.
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Cultural Implications of Percussion in Music Therapy: A Qualitative Analysis of Semi-Structured Interviews With Experts
Music therapists are expected to be competent in using percussion within their sessions and are expected to develop cultural awareness and sensitivity in their music therapy practice. Additionally, percussion has a deep and rich cultural history and relationship, both within European contexts and …
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Retellings and Semi-Structured Interviews for Assessing Reading Comprehension of Standardized Test Passages and of the Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress Passages as Compared to Scores on Multiple-Choice Test Items
The literature in reading comprehension points to a disparity between current knowledge about the reading process and current assessment practices. Prevalent theoretical views favor a constructivist cognitive framework in which text meanings are determined by a composite of reader-related factors …
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An Exploration of Food Security and Agriculture Challenges for Female Farmers in Rubkona County, South Sudan
… through agricultural production. The use of semi-structured interviews in a qualitative research design was found useful in exploring the informants' experiences in challenges to food security and agricultural productivity not only in South Sudan, but also in Sub-Saharan Africa. In-depth one …
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An investigation into the relationship between diversity, inclusion and performance : an empirical study in a corporate South African organisation
… The qualitative methodology included semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Questions one and two were tested empirically using a combination of analysis of variance and structured equation modelling. Question three was answered using the consolidated findings of the quantitative …
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Social Reproductive Labour: Exploring Experiences of Women in the Taxi Industry
… of workers, unskilled, under-skilled, and semi-skilled, and transport the majority of workers every day. The growth of the taxi-industry in South Africa is informed by the history of colonialism which ensued in the forced removal of black peoples from city vicinities, to the peripheries of …
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What's it like to be a Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer in High School?
… intersectionality and queer theory, I conducted semi-structured interviews with three participants and analyzed the data using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). The critical analysis of the semi-structured interviews revealed the importance of family support and kinship, the need for …
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Living with Fragile X Syndrome: Occupations as an Outcome Measure in a Clinical Trial
… purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of semi-structured interviews as an outcome measure in a clinical trial for children with fragile X syndrome (FXS). A qualitative approach was used to analyze twenty-five parent interviews with children with FXS who participated in a double-blind …
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Making social entrepreneurship part of strategic management: perspective of Abu Dhabi government.
… along with the research methods known as semi-structured interviews and in-depth interviews. The researcher consulted secondary data based on the published material available on the topic as well as using primary data collected and analyzed by the researcher. The researcher conducted 269 …
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Autonomy, decision-making, and restrictive practices in daily life: evaluations by people with intellectual disabilities, families, and carers
… of two focus groups with PwID, as well as semi-structured interviews with 11 support staff, and seven family members. A Patient and Public Involvement model was used to allow PwID to contribute to and give insight in designing interview questions and protocols, as well as interpreting …
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An investigation of project stakeholders' expectations and their influences in project delivery and evaluation
… in Corby. A mixed method approach of Q study and semi-structured interviews was used to reveal the expectations, behaviours and evaluation of four main groups of stakeholders - the project clients (13); the project delivery team (6); Corby Borough Council (3); and the project funder (1) - a total …
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How should golfers monitor training load?
… monitoring in other sports preceded a set of semi structured interviews with subjects working as coaches, doctors, physiotherapists and players within international golf. The purpose of the semi structured interviews was to discuss topics relating to golfing load, summarise the opinions of the …
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An exploratory study investigating the experiences of adults living with Epilepsy in the Khomas region, Namibia
… of this population as described during semi-structured interviews. An exploratory qualitative research design was used to investigate the experiences of AWE in the Khomas region of Namibia. Ten people with epilepsy were identified through purposive sampling. All participants were over …
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Making property investment decisions in a market environment with poor transparency
… and a qualitative research approach, through semi-structured interviews, was undertaken with property investors in Malawi (the unit of analysis) was followed to answer the research question. The outcome of the semi-structured interviews was coded from which critical themes were developed. This …
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Bullying in a primary school : a case study
… handled or resolved. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and reinterviews with teachers; unstructured and semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and a selection 'game' with pupils and semi-structured interviews and questionnaires with parents. All interviews were audio-taped …
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Managing welfare improvement for urban poor: a case study from Bangkok, Thailand
… research methods used included questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and observations. There were three groups of respondents: the community dwellers, the project committee members, and the officers of supporting organisations. Questionnaires were administered to 135 community dwellers. …
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An explanatory sequential mixed methods study : solving mathematics word problems among African American students.
… along with math perceptions subtests and semi-structured interviews, gave an in-depth perspective of student experiences with solving mathematics word problems. The researcher utilized purposive sampling, with a group of African American students in seventh grade ranging from 13–16 years …
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The last bell : an embedded case study exploring teacher attrition and mobility in rural Oklahoma.
… survey, followed by classroom observations and semi-structured interviews. The qualitative survey served as an instrument to select participants and glean first impressions on teacher retention and attrition. The current level of teaching assignment organically created the two embedded units, …
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Successful Infrastructure Construction Project Execution
… and communication emerge. Study One uses semi-structured interviews with ten current or former construction project managers to develop a conceptual model of six antecedents to the previously identified critical success factor themes. The unit of measure is the project and not the project …
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A case study of one middle school labeled failing: perceptions of the impact of strategic teaching and technology integration
… their classrooms. The case study design utilized semi-structured interviews, observations, and field notes. The researcher created a unique instrument to record the field notes that incorporated three frameworks: the ARI Strategic Teaching Model, Bloom's Revised Digital Taxonomy, and Marzano's …
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Student nurse attrition
… was employed using self report questionnaires, semi structured interviews, focus groups and evidence derived from past documentation and records. Methodological triangulation was employed in order to use different methods and sources to corroborate each other. The findings from the study were …
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