Reasons for Cohabitation Mini Qualitative Analysis

Abstract

Active learning is an important part of the educational process. For skills like research methods, students learn are more likely to success in class when they are able to practice a skill in a supervised way (Freeman et al., 2014). Such exercises also tend to generate a greater deal of student engagement due to their tangible connection to life outside...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Family

Resource Type(s):

Class Activity

Class Level(s):

Any Level

Class Size(s):

Any

Usage Notes

Instructors who wish to use this exercise in their classrooms should plan to spend approximately 45 minutes on the exercise itself, with additional time for both the presentation of results and the discussion questions, which, collectively, require approximately 30 minutes. As such, the exercise can be split up across two class periods for shorter...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Demonstrate how to perform a brief qualitative analysis of interview data
2. Create and explain hypotheses based on preliminary data
3. Understand the reasons why service class and middle class heterosexual young adults choose to cohabit and how those differ by sex and social class

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Completed student worksheets
2. Student-written hypotheses and in-class explanations
3. Answers to class discussion questions