Tactical avoidance of statistics? – How students choose methods in writing theses in interdisciplinary higher education programmes
(2020) p.21-31- Abstract
- Eldh discusses the challenges in teaching quantitative methods, in this case statistics, in interdisciplinary courses with mixed methods where both qualitative and quantitative methods are taught. Despite this, most students tend to choose to use qualitative methods in their thesis research and the author researches why this is the case. Literature suggests that students often find statistics courses to be daunting and that students may lack motivation. However, the author finds that in this case the challenges have more to do with the framing of the course in the programme, the instructions from supervisors to their students and the competency of teaching staff when it comes to methods other than the ones they themselves promote. The... (More)
- Eldh discusses the challenges in teaching quantitative methods, in this case statistics, in interdisciplinary courses with mixed methods where both qualitative and quantitative methods are taught. Despite this, most students tend to choose to use qualitative methods in their thesis research and the author researches why this is the case. Literature suggests that students often find statistics courses to be daunting and that students may lack motivation. However, the author finds that in this case the challenges have more to do with the framing of the course in the programme, the instructions from supervisors to their students and the competency of teaching staff when it comes to methods other than the ones they themselves promote. The findings and discussion highlight the importance of collegial communication and mutual understanding. (Less)
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- author
- Eldh, Christer LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Taktiskt undvikande av statistik? -Hur studenter väljer metod i uppsatsarbete på en tvärvetenskapligt universitetsutbildning n
- publishing date
- 2020-12-08
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Interdisciplinary pedagogy in higher education : Proceedings from Lund University's Teaching and Learning Conference 2019 - Proceedings from Lund University's Teaching and Learning Conference 2019
- editor
- Bergqvist Rydén, Johanna ; Jerneck, Anne ; Luth Richter, Jessika and Steen, Karin
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Lund University
- ISBN
- 978-91-89213-40-1
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- c399f83f-3c04-4b50-95aa-7dca0f57a1a5
- date added to LUP
- 2020-12-09 09:44:22
- date last changed
- 2021-03-29 18:08:22
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