Qualitative research & evaluation methods

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Qualitative research & evaluation methods

01 Jan 2002-Iss: 1

TL;DR: In this paper, conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.

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Abstract: This book explains clearly conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, Complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.

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Contextual factors related to implementation of classroom physical activity breaks.

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Jordan A. Carlson¹, Jessa K. Engelberg², Kelli L. Cain², Terry L. Conway², Carrie M. Geremia², Edith Bonilla², Jon Kerner³, James F. Sallis² - Show less +4 more•Institutions (3)

Children's Mercy Hospital¹, University of California, San Diego², Canadian Partnership Against Cancer³

01 Sep 2017-Translational behavioral medicine

TL;DR: Investigation of the association between implementation-related contextual factors and intervention implementation after adoption of a structured classroom physical activity intervention found school climate related to whether administrators and other teachers were supportive of the intervention were key factors explaining whether teachers implemented the intervention.

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Abstract: Brief structured physical activity in the classroom is effective for increasing student physical activity. The present study investigated the association between implementation-related contextual factors and intervention implementation after adoption of a structured classroom physical activity intervention. Six elementary-school districts adopted structured classroom physical activity programs in 2013-2014. Implementation contextual factors and intervention implementation (structured physical activity provided in past week or month, yes/no) were assessed using surveys of 337 classroom teachers from 24 schools. Mixed-effects models accounted for the nested design. Availability of resources (yes/no, ORs = 1.91-2.93) and implementation climate z-scores (ORs = 1.36-1.47) were consistently associated with implementation. Teacher-perceived classroom behavior benefits (OR = 1.29) but not student enjoyment or health benefits, and time (OR = 2.32) and academic (OR = 1.63) barriers but not student cooperation barriers were associated with implementation (all z-scores). Four implementation contextual factor composites had an additive association with implementation (OR = 1.64 for each additional favorable composite). Training and technical assistance alone may not support a large proportion of teachers to implement structured classroom physical activity. In addition to lack of time and interference with academic lessons, school climate related to whether administrators and other teachers were supportive of the intervention were key factors explaining whether teachers implemented the intervention. Evidence-based implementation strategies are needed for effectively communicating the benefits of classroom physical activity on student behavior and improving teacher and administrator climate/attitudes around classroom physical activity.

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Assessing Experiences of Children Who Attended a Camp for Children with Cancer and Their Siblings: A Preliminary Study.

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Yelena P. Wu¹, Kerry Prout¹, Michael C. Roberts¹, Sangeeta Parikshak¹, Michael D. Amylon² - Show less +1 more•Institutions (2)

University of Kansas¹, Stanford University²

01 Apr 2011-Child Care Quarterly

TL;DR: A program evaluation was conducted of a camp for children with cancer and their siblings and indicated that parents and children were highly satisfied with the camp experience, ranging from the food, staff, facilities, to campers’ activities.

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Abstract: Summer camps are commonly implemented as a psychosocial intervention for children with chronic illnesses; however, there have been few published consumer (parent and child) satisfaction evaluations of summer camps. Such evaluations are important both for improving existing services for children and families, as well as to build an empirical understanding of camp interventions. To illustrate the use of a program evaluation methodology within the context of a chronic illness summer camp, a program evaluation was conducted of a camp for children with cancer and their siblings. Results from the evaluation indicated that parents and children were highly satisfied with the camp experience, ranging from the food, staff, facilities, to campers’ activities. Campers reported that the recreation opportunities, peer support, and respite from their lives at home were reasons they appreciated the camp experience. Parents reported that peer support for their children, respite for themselves and their children, and improvements to their child’s behaviors and level of independence were helpful features of the camp experience.

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...Qualitative data were analyzed via a content analysis in which categories of responses or themes were identified within responses to the open-ended questions (Miles and Huberman 1994; Patton 2002)....
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...…kids who have cancer or a sibling with cancer Camp features The counselors The food The camp staff Qualitative data were analyzed via a content analysis in which categories of responses or themes were identified within responses to the open-ended questions (Miles and Huberman 1994; Patton 2002)....
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...Both inductive and deductive analyses were used to examine the data (Patton 2002)....
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Tourism in protected areas: integrating conservation and community development in Liwonde National Park (Malawi)

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Marina Novelli¹, Amy Scarth¹•Institutions (1)

University of Brighton¹

22 Jun 2007-Tourism and Hospitality Planning & Development

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed literature on the relationships between protected areas, conservation, local communities and tourism and evaluated key issues related to the integrated conservation and development (ICD) approach and proposed as an alternative way to traditional protected area management in conjunction with a diversified local livelihood approach.

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Abstract: Despite the spatial significance of protected areas and the increasing threats posed to the world's biodiversity by various agents, successful conservation still remains controversial and inconsistent. In this context, protected areas have become a core attraction for nature-based tourism activities, valued for their ability to generate financial benefits in a non-extractive way, thus effectively enabling the sustainability of biodiversity. This paper reviews literature on the relationships between protected areas, conservation, local communities and tourism and evaluates key issues related to the integrated conservation and development (ICD) approach. This is then proposed as an alternative way to traditional protected area management in conjunction with a diversified local livelihood approach. Based on empirical findings from Liwonde National Park in Malawi, key issues related to conservation and community development are explored focusing on how the financial benefit provided by tourism for th...

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Cites background or methods from "Qualitative research & evaluation m..."

...The rationale was that the results from the research were grounded in the empirical world and from this theory was built rather than tested (Patton, 2002)....
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...Thus, a phenomenological approach focusing on ‘descriptions of what people experience and how it is that they experience what they experience’ (Patton, 2002 , p....
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...Patterns and themes were identified using ‘cross-case analysis’, cutting across individual experiences (Patton, 2002, 57) and manually coded, initially into broad categories, which is often referred to as ‘open coding’ (Jordon and Gibson, 2004, p. 226)....
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...Thus, a phenomenological approach focusing on ‘descriptions of what people experience and how it is that they experience what they experience’ (Patton, 2002, p. 107) was chosen....
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Selection of third party software in Off-The-Shelf-based software development-An interview study with industrial practitioners

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Claudia P. Ayala, Øyvind Hauge¹, Reidar Conradi¹, Xavier Franch, Jingyue Li - Show less +1 more•Institutions (1)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology¹

01 Apr 2011-Journal of Systems and Software

TL;DR: Investigating the actual industrial practice of component selection in order to provide an initial empirical basis that allows the reconciliation of research and industrial endeavors and provide a basis for formulating well-substantiated hypotheses and more effective improvement strategies.

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...If not, how do you usually do it?) in order to identify and understand potential representative practices, as suggested by (Lutters and Seaman, 2007; Patton, 2002)....
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Entering university studies: identifying enabling factors for a successful transition from school to university

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Venicia McGhie¹•Institutions (1)

University of the Western Cape¹

01 Mar 2017-Higher Education

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified three overall factors that enabled first-year students to adjust and integrate successfully to the university environment, and used content analysis to categorize the findings into themes and sub-themes.

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Abstract: The South African higher education sector is faced with high attrition and low retention rates. Studies conducted by the Council on Higher Education in South Africa have found that 50% of black students who access university study drop out, and the majority of dropouts occurred in the first year of study. While these studies revealed what the challenges were and why they occurred, not much has been done to overcome or prevent the challenges. Therefore, knowledge on how first-year students could be assisted and guided to adjust successful to the university environment is paramount. The goal of this article is to determine which factors enable new students’ successful adjustment to the university environment. Identifying these factors was deemed important because they could be used to assist and guide new student cohorts. Thirty-two first-year students were the research participants, and data were collected from all of them through a questionnaire, two written reflective pieces, the students’ results and individual interviews. Content analysis, using a three-stage open coding process, was used to categorize the findings into themes and sub-themes. The findings revealed that 20 of the 32 students had difficulty overcoming their transition challenges and failed some or all their subjects at the end of their first year of study. The remaining 12 students overcame their challenges and achieved study success. They identified three overall factors that enabled them to adjust and integrate successfully to the university environment.

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...A purposive sampling method (Patton 2002) was used to select the students because it was important to have mixed-ability groups—that is, students who found the adjustment to university challenging and, as a result, failed one or more of their subjects and students who adjusted successfully and passed all their subjects....
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...A purposive sampling method (Patton 2002) was used to select the students because it was important to have mixed-ability groups—that is, students who found the adjustment to university challenging and, as a result, failed one or more of their subjects and students who adjusted successfully and…...
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