An Introduction to Grounded Theory with a Special Focus on Axial Coding and the Coding Paradigm

By Maike Vollstedt, Sebastian Rezat. ICME-13 Monographs, 2019

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In this chapter we introduce grounded theory methodology and methods. In particular we clarify which research questions are appropriate for a grounded theory study and give an overview of the main techniques and procedures, such as the coding procedures, theoretical sensitivity, theoretical sampling, and theoretical saturation. We further discuss the role of theory within grounded theory and provide examples of studies in which the coding paradigm of grounded theory has been altered in order to be better suitable for applications in mathematics education. In our exposition we mainly refer to grounded theory techniques and procedures according to Strauss and Corbin (Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, 1990), but also include other approaches in the discussion in order to point out the particularities of the approach by Strauss and Corbin.

Subfields: Education

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