Focus groups
In groups of four, SPs twice met with the researcher to conduct focus group sessions. The
researcher acted as a facilitator, and mentioned some comments which the SPs had written in
their journals, or he had observed in lectures. SPs were then encouraged to discuss the
issues. For instance, “Someone mentioned that during last week’s lecture there was a lot of
chatting going on while the lecturer was giving the lecture. What do you think about that?”
All focus groups sessions were audio and video recorded and the texts were later transcribed.