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Strengths and Issues (CMM, 2011; Garmon, 2004; Merriam, 2001)
Components & Characteristics
(CMM, 2011)
Data Considerations (CMM, 2011)
Applications in Education
(Merriam, 2001)
Changing Preservice Teachers' Attitudes...
(Garmon, 2004)
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In Merriam (2001), this term refers to the problem of ‘introducing the subjectivity of the researcher’ and others involved in the study.
What is bias (Merriam, p. 43)?
100
This term refers to what constitutes the case (it should be part of the research question and concrete, not abstract).
What are units of analysis (p. 294)?
100
A source of data, similar to documents, that includes the aspect of coming from an organization or a larger system.
What are archival records (p. 299)?
100
The topics this chapter was designed to explore.
What is "the prevalence of qualitative case study research and the lingering uncertainty about its nature and appropriate usage" (p. 26)?
100
The three factors of disposition the researcher studied.
What are openness, self awareness, and strong sense of social justice (pp. 204-206)?
200
This hallmark of case studies, contrary to frequency of instances, “offers the researcher an insight into the real dynamics of situations and people” (CMM, 2011).
What is significance or significance of instances (p. 294)?
200
The term for a case study contributing to the expansion of theory.
What is analytic generalization (p. 294)?
200
The order in which individuals should be interviewed, based on their seniority.
What is more senior people later (p. 298)?
200
The single most defining characteristic of case study research, according to the author.
What is delimiting the object of study, the case (p. 27)?
200
The name of the practice Garmon employed when he consulted with the participant on the accuracy of his interpretations of her remarks.
What is member checking (pp. 203-204)?
300
According to Merriam (2001), this issue related to bias is inherently political and can affect the final product of a case study.
What is funding / power relationships (pp. 42-43)?
300
This aspect of a case study must “abide by the twin notions of ‘fitness for purpose’ and ‘fitness for audience’".
What is the write-up (p. 301)?
300
A source of evidence in which the researcher takes on a role in the context being studied.
What is participant observation (p. 299)?
300
The three defining special features of qualitative case studies.
What is particularistic, descriptive, and heuristic (p. 29)?
300
The three categories of experiential factors that emerged from Garmon's analysis of Leslie's interviews.
What are intercultural, educational, and support group experiences (p. 207)?
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Garmon (2004) identified four characteristics that “may have subtly influenced the results of the study”.
What are age, race, gender, and power (p. 204)?
400
Two advantages case studies have over historical studies.
What are direct observation and interviews with participants (p. 290)?
400
The name of the process that makes data analysis in case studies recurring.
What is iterative process (p. 300)?
400
The four categories or types of qualitative case studies commonly found in education.
What are ethnographic, historical, psychological and sociological (pp. 34-37)?
400
The reason choosing Leslie as a case study was significant for the research question.
What is because Leslie appeared to have changed considerably in her "level of multicultural awareness and sensitivity" (p. 203)?
500
Case studies provide a more comprehensive understanding of this, which CMM (2011) describe as unique, dynamic, and complex, and “not always susceptible to numerical analysis”.
What is the context / environment / situation (p. 289)?
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The reason more than one tool for data collection and multiple sources of evidence are needed in a single case study.
What are multiple variables (p. 289)?
500
The term for participants in a case study suggesting a better way of expressing the issue or adding or qualifying points.
What is respondent validation (p. 299)?
500
The reason case studies informed by the disciplines of sociology, history, anthropology, and psychology can still be considered case studies in education.
What is "their focus on questions, issues, and concerns broadly related to teaching and learning" (p. 37)?
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A key feature of further studies in this area, according to Garmon.
What are "additional investigations involving more students" (p. 212)?