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Focus group discussions of literacy assessment and world wide web-based reading intervention
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posted on 2001-01-01, 00:00 authored by T Iacono, Susan BalandinSusan Balandin, L CupplesFocus groups provide a means for participants in research to take on a greater role in the evaluation of the research and planning of its various stages. The role and outcomes of focus groups conducted with participants in a World Wide Web Project in literacy assessment and intervention are reported. Thirteen individuals with severe communication impairments participated in one of three focus groups. The groups were held after an assesment of reading skills and a trial period of intervention as part of the Web Project. The aim of the focus groups was to obtain feedback from participants about their involvement in the project and to discuss strategies for the next stage of the intervention. The focus groups offered a forum for participants to talk about what they did and did not like about the assessment and trial intervention. The discussions provided information about issues of both a practical and emotional nature that might have otherwise been unavailable to the researchers. Brainstorming of strategies provided valuable input for the next stage of the project and involved both the researchers and participants in a form of participatory action research.
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AAC: augmentative and alternative communicationVolume
17Issue
1Pagination
27 - 36Publisher
Informa HealthcareLocation
London, EnglandPublisher DOI
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0743-4618eISSN
1477-3848Language
engPublication classification
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