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| Abstract Title: | A Novel Methodology to Elicit Student Perspectives In Semi-Structured Interviews |
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| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Abstract: | This study introduces a novel methodology that was designed to enrich student perspective interview data by providing students with a more robust approach to supplying their justifications to interview questions. This interview approach invites quantum mechanics students to place responses along a physical dial representing a conceptual continuum (e.g., cold-hot, hate-love, slow-fast) and provide justifications. We focus on two illustrative case studies, Oliver and Emma, to demonstrate the range of interpretive strategies. The methodology supports multiple modes of reasoning: object-focused, scale- focused, qualitative, and quantitative, while also utilizing a physical anchor for students to provide structure to the interview protocol and how students deliver their responses to the interviewer. Through the use of a training period at the beginning, students were able to give consistently rich responses to course perspectives interview questions. The pilot study presented here is part of a larger analysis of the methodology. |
| Session Time: | Poster Session C |
| Poster Number: | C-136 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Jason Tran Georgetown University |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
James K. Freericks, Georgetown University Leanne Doughty, Georgetown University |
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