Using Interviews in CER Projects: Options, Considerations, and Limitations

作者：Deborah G. Herrington, Patrick L. Daubenmire · 发表于：ACS symposium series · 年份：2014 · DOI：10.1021/bk-2014-1166.ch003 · 被引用次数：29 · 研究领域：Science Education and Pedagogy、Various Chemistry Research Topics、Innovative Teaching Methods

Interviews can be a powerful chemistry education research tool. Different from an assessment score or Likert-scale survey number, interviews can provide the researcher with a way to examine and describe what we cannot see, aspects such as feelings, thoughts, or explanations of thinking or behavior. Most people have no doubt seen countless interviews on TV news and talk shows. These sessions might convey interviewing as a spontaneous, easy, and straightforward process. However, using interviews as a meaningful research tool requires considerable thought, preparation, and practice. Embedded within a chemistry education research context, this chapter provides a general introduction to the use of interviews as a research tool including how to plan, conduct, and analyze interviews. It highlights important considerations for designing and conducting fruitful interviews, shares examples of different ways in which interviews have been used effectively in chemistry education research, and provides additional references should the reader want to delve more deeply into particular topics.