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Showing 1 to 20 of 100 for “"constant comparative analysis"”.
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“Please Turn and Talk”: Mathematical Discussions in Elementary Classrooms
… interviews with teachers, and through analysis of a reflective teaching journal. Data were coded through constant comparative analysis to find themes that emerged about the perceptions, benefits and limitations that teachers noted when using mathematical communication, or math-talk, in …
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Influences on teachers' decisions about literacy for students with severe disabilities
… education programs and teaching materials using constant comparative analysis. Four key influences on their literacy decisions were identified: (a) beliefs about students, teaching, and learning; (b) expectations; (c) self-efficacy; and (d) the workplace context. These four components form the …
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Dialectics in Intercultural Communication: a Study of Interactions Between Latinos and Anglos in Southwest Missouri
… involving a total of 16 Latino participants. A constant comparative analysis of the participants' comments in the dialogues allowed for the emergence of eight themes: life in the Ozarks, growing Latino population, cultural sharing, privilege-disadvantage, differences-similarities, language …
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Promoting parent-therapist collaboration in intensive behavioural intervention programs : exploring estrategies to improve teamwork
… collaboration might be improved. A constant comparative analysis by question within and across cases revealed five prominent themes of 'Role Definition', 'Perspective-taking/Empathy', 'Trust', 'Open Communication', and 'Consistency'. Additional similarities and differences were …
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Male Infertility: The Process to Seeking Treatment
… study. Interview transcripts were analyzed using Constant Comparative Analysis techniques. Findings include categories such as Just Having Fun, Realization that Something Could be Wrong, Influenced to Go, Testing for the Female, Testing for the Male, Finding Out, Who was there for you?, Seeking …
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Elementary Teacher Mentoring in a Rural Georgia School System: The Impact on Teacher Retention and the Implication for Elementary School Principals
… participants in a rural Georgia school system. Constant comparative analysis was used to collect, code, and analyze the data, which included interview responses and researchers' memos. Mentoring programs were found to be supportive practices which involved the beginning teachers and mentors. …
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Listen to me : experiences of recovery for mental health service users
… providers in the greater Vancouver area. Using constant comparative analysis, I found that the data suggested participants’ experiences of recovery developed largely out of connecting with other consumers rather than with service providers. Current services were portrayed as primarily reliant on …
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Living with Asperger's syndrome : the phenomenon of 'not quite fitting in'
… Secondary or other data sources were used in the constant comparison of interview data, this included published personal accounts and notes taken from telephone conservations, meetings and conferences. Theoretical sampling and constant comparative analysis were the processes by which a substantive …
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Helping Those Who Help Themselves: a Critical Discourse Analysis Of CNN's 'Indepth: Empowered Patient'
… are analyzed through a critical lens using a constant comparative analysis to evaluate online health information in relation to patient empowerment. Seven themes emerged from the public discourse provided by CNN. The themes of (1) challenging the doctor (2) science vs. ‘gut feeling' (3) …
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Associate-Candidate Relationships: A Study of Teacher Education Field Experiences
… responses were analyzed using axial coding and constant comparative analysis. Participants identified feedback, guidance, support, genuine interactions, and relationship dynamics as central to successful field experiences. Participants also suggested that associate teachers might be better …
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A Savory Stew: Text Differentiation in a Middle School Immigration Unit
… set. Interview transcripts were coded using constant comparative analysis and revealed the teacher's belief in stories, student choice, her resistance to standardized testing, and her own teaching confidence and activist spirit. The discussion addresses the teacher's effectiveness in the …
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WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO FOSTER YOUTH ENROLLING IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION?
… on the self-administered questionnaire. Constant comparative analysis method was used to analyze interview data and code it into themes or codes.</p> <p>This study’s findings show that the majority of the participants enrolled in college because they were mainly motivated by individual …
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Empowering women to become superintendents in Oklahoma: A constructivist grounded theory
… in Oklahoma? Theoretical sampling and constant comparative analysis led to data saturation and the development of a tentative theoretical framework. The tentative theoretical framework, the empowerment process model, is a visual representation of the findings that comprised the …
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A Retrospective Study of Gay Gifted, Young Adult Males' Perceptions of Giftedness and Suicide
… Theory methodology was employed during the analysis phase of the study. The voices of participants were conveyed within a series of narrative vignettes. Specific categories of risk and resiliency were revealed using coding and constant comparative analysis. Results indicated that resiliency …
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Teacher facilitation of critical literature discussions with kindergarten students
… her kindergarten classroom over a semester. Data analysis consisted of two cycles of coding: initial coding and eclectic coding, using constant comparative analysis, and discourse analytical techniques. Findings from this study suggest, through careful teacher facilitation, kindergarten students …
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Training The Next Generation Of Public College Presidents: Advancing A Framework To Prepare Aspiring College Presidents
… theory and the use of theoretical sampling and constant comparative analysis, data saturation was reached and a framework was advanced. The three-phased presidential preparatory model is a visual model that includes learned skills, professional experiences and rigorous self-assessment. Two …
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A phenomenological analysis of masculinity ideologies among college males
… their experiences of masculinity ideology. Constant comparative analysis of the interview data revealed two core relevant themes. The first theme was that these students did have a consistent understanding of the masculinity ideology that they held for themselves and observed in society. …
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The Colored Sense of Awareness: An Analysis of African American Perceptions of Race and Communication in the Workplace
… organization's culture. This study employs a constant comparative analysis of qualitative interviews using Critical Race Theory as a guide. The interviews explored the manner in which race, Diversity and Inclusion (DandI) programs, and communication affect organizational culture. The thesis …
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Process and Outcome Disparities in NICUs: A Grounded-Theory Study
… NICU settings. This inductive approach used constant comparative analysis through initial, focused, and theoretical coding. Iterative coding, theoretical sampling, and member checking refined emerging concepts.</p> <p><strong>Findings:</strong> Eleven active NICU RNs were interviewed …
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Using the Arabic Language as a Tool For Cultural Understanding in the U.S. in the Post 9/11 World
… any prejudice towards the students of Arabic. A constant comparative analysis of the participants' answers allowed for the emergence of six themes: the linguistic challenges, the cultural challenges, the perceived changes in attitudes, the perceived changes in knowledge, the perceived changes in …
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