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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmee.2021.35.2.137

An Analysis on Qualitative Research in Mathematics Education in Korea: Focusing on increasing validity in qualitative research  

Na, Jangham (Chosun University)
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Communications of Mathematical Education / v.35, no.2, 2021 , pp. 137-152 More about this Journal
Abstract
Qualitative research has become a growing area of interest among the Korean educational researchers for the last two decades. As a consequence, the number of studies based on qualitative methods has rapidly increased while the quality of qualitative research has not gained much credit among scholars in Korea. This study explores to current practice of qualitative approaches in mathematics education-related studies. With this in mind, this study also seeks ways to improve the validity and trustworthiness of qualitative approaches, and to present implications for the practical practice of qualitative approaches in mathematics education. To this end, a general trend was investigated by conducting a basic analysis of 13 papers that used qualitative approaches and published in Communications of Mathematical Education from 2019 to 2020. Of the 13 papers. Through the basic analysis, 6 out of 13 papers were selected as the object of qualitative text analysis. The result of this qualitative text analysis discusses issues related to the validity and trustworthiness of qualitative research in a detailed manner. In conclusion, based on the results of this qualitative text analysis, this study suggests several key points to keep in mind when applying qualitative approaches in the field of mathematics education in the future.
Keywords
qualitative research; qualitative analysis; validity in qualitative research;
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