Focus Group Interviews in Education and Psychology

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While there are many books that address focus groups, most are directed at business and marketing. This book differs by demonstrating the specific steps necessary to conduct focus groups in educational and psychological settings. Using numerous examples, the authors show how to prepare for a focus group, create a moderator’s guide, select a setting and analyze results. In addition, there is a chapter on focus groups with children and adolescents. Each chapter con… More >>

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Measuring What Matters: Competency-Based Learning Models in Higher Education: New Directions for Institutional Research

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Intended as a toolkit for academic administrators, faculty and researchers to deal effectively with the rapid emergence of competency-based learning models across higher education, this volume provides practical advice and proven techniques for implementing and evaluating these models. Drawing from a recent National Postsecondary Education Cooperative project that examined data and policy implications across public and private institutions as well as an industr… More >>

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Online Education: Global Questions, Local Answers

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In Online Education: Global Questions, Local Answers, 24 college educators focus on the most important questions to be addressed by all scholar-teachers and administrators committed to developing high-quality online education programs. We describe these questions as “global” because they transcend the particular situations of individual institutions. They are questions that everyone involved in online education needs to address: What are the issues to consider when … More >>

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