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HyperRESEARCH used in Ph.D. Dissertation on the Impact Experienced by Mentors of new Science Teachers
In "Working With 'Rookies' A Case Study of Science Teachers Mentors," Thomas Francis Meagher's disseration for his Doctor of Philosophy from the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, HyperRESEARCH was utilised for coding a wide array of source materials - from MP3 audio recordings of interviews to downloaded on-line forum posts.
Researchware Web Site in Top 5 Sites on TopSite
TopSite, a web search service that searches the internet for web sites, groups them by related topic, and uses a proprietary approach to rank them, provides listing of top-ranked sites on a number of topis of interest to qualitative researchers. Whether you look under "Qualitative Research" (Researchware.com is ranked #4), "QDA" for qualitative data analysis (Researchware.com is ranked #3), or "CAQDAS" for computer aided qualitative data analysis software (Researchware.com is ranked #2), Researchware.com is consistantly ranked in the top 5 web sites for qualitative research!
HyperRESEARCH used in Ph.D. Dissertation on How Teachers Negotiate the Use of Digital Literacies
For Robyn L. Seglem's 2009 dissertation for her Doctor of Philosophy from Kansas State University, she turned to HyperRESEARCH for the qualitative research essential to her work. Her dissertation, "'It's Like Having a Library, and You Don't Get To Go': Educators Negotiating Boundaries When Working With New Literacies" explores aspects of the resistance of educators to technology use in classrooms.
HyperRESEARCH used in Ph.D. Dissertation on How Teachers Conceptualize Teaching
Daniel L. Brilhart, of Ohio State University, utilized HyperRESEARCH in his qualitative dissertation research study exploring how in-service teachers conceptualize teaching, integrate the personal and the professional dimensions of their lives, and develop teacher identities.
The work, entitled "Teacher Conceptualization of Teaching: Integrating the Personal and the Professional" was conducted as part of the requirements for his Doctorate of Philosophy from the Graduate School of Ohio State. The full PDF of the dissertation can be downloaded here.
The Long Road to the Dissertation
For doctorial students engaged in or beginning their dissertations who wish to follow along on another student's insigtful and often humorous efforts through their dissertation, we recommend viewing "The Long Road to the Dissertation," a blog by Elyse Pratt-Ronco, a doctoral canidate (now with a Ph.D.!) in the Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology program at Boston College. In particular, her entry enttitled "The Code," she states