Using Informal Conversations in Qualitative Research

Questions in informal teaching: A study of mother-child conversations

Questioning is a core component of formal pedagogy. Parents commonly question children, but do they use questions to teach? Research has shown that informal pedagogical situations elicit stronger inferences than the same evidence observed in nonpedagogical situations. Certain questions (“pedagogical questions”) have similar features. We investigate the frequency and distribution of pedagogical ...

Talk and Silence Sequences in Informal Conversations II

Three models describing the structure of talk and silence sequences within and across conversations presented in a previous report (Cappella, 1979) are tested. The Markov model, describing talk and silence sequences within a conversation, is found to be a valid representation on a dyad-by-dyad basis. The Independent Decision (ID) model shows some predictive validity between conversations, altho...

Research in Echocardiography Education: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

Research in Echocardiography Education: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

Qualitative Research in COVID 19 Pandemic

Introduction: Quantitative research is not suitable for COVID pandemic research because it does not cover the social consequences of qualitative research. COVID 19 is a social event that is important because of the disruption of the natural order of society. To defeat the disease, social interaction is needed, so qualitative research is appropriate to find the challenges and experiences of soci...

Qualitative research in health care. Using qualitative methods in health related action research.