Open AccessLearning to Appraise the Quality of Qualitative Research Articles: A Contextualized Learning Object for Constructing Knowledge
Author(s) -
Ronald J. Chenail
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1049
Subject(s) - qualitative research , critical appraisal , quality (philosophy) , context (archaeology) , object (grammar) , computer science , psychology , knowledge management , mathematics education , sociology , epistemology , artificial intelligence , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , paleontology , social science , philosophy
Helping beginning qualitative researchers critically appraise qualitative research articles is a common learning objective for introductory methodology courses. To aid students in achieving competency in appraising the quality of qualitative research articles, a multi-part activity incorporating the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme's (CASP) Making Sense of Evidence Tool: 10 Questions to Help You Make Sense of Qualitative Research to evaluate the articles is shared. A Contextualized Learning Object for Constructing Knowledge or CLOCK approach is used to represent the appraising activity in terms of its context, content, evaluation components, exemplary outcomes, and options for customizing parts of the assignment.