Determining The Various Perspectives And Consensus Within A Classroom Using Q Methodology

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Q methodology was developed by PhD physicist and psychologist William Stevenson 73 years ago as a new way of investigating people's views of any topic. Yet its application has primarily been in the fields of marketing, psychology, and political science. Still, Q offers an opportunity for the physics education research community to determine the perspectives and consensus within a group, such as a classroom, related to topics of interest such as the nature of science and epistemology. This paper presents the basics of using Q methodology with a classroom application as an example and subsequent comparisons of this example's results to similar studies using qualitative and survey methods.

Physics Education Research Conference 2008
Part of the PER Conference series
Edmonton, Canada: July 23-24, 2008
Volume 1064, Pages 179-182

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.3021248
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Keywords:: Epistemology, Learning, PERC 2008, Philosophical Aspects, computer aided instruction, educational computing, educational courses, engineering education, problem solving, research and development management, scientific information systems
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Ramlo, Susan. "Determining The Various Perspectives And Consensus Within A Classroom Using Q Methodology." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, July 23-24, 2008. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8111&DocID=744 (accessed 26 April 2024).

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