In Analyzing Qualitative Data (Graham R. Gibbs), several practical approaches and issues of making sense of any sort of qualitative data are addressed. Special attention is paid to practices of coding, of …

Analytical writing requires you view a text or object critically, examining it through an analytical framework. The framework used most often in academic writing is rhetorical: that is, considering …

Chapters 6 and 7 are replete with summaries of examples of all of these eight basic types of propositions.

Qualitative content analysis goes beyond merely counting words or extracting objective content from texts to examine meanings, themes and patterns that may be manifest or latent in a particular text. It …

By analyzing and interpreting student work through a clear and systematic process allows teachers to make a shift from scoring student work to diagnosing student performance. Consider the different …

Students are commonly asked to analyze poems, mathematical formulas, biological systems, chapters in textbooks, concepts and ideas, essays, novels, and articles—just to name a few. Yet what student …

When analyzing a speech, an essay, or another piece of writing, describe the writer’s/speaker’s purpose, the response they want from their audience, and what techniques they use to achieve their goal.