<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper is based on the analysis of a focus group interview of a moderator and a group of undergraduate students on the topic of self-regulation of learning. The purpose of the investigation was to identify interaction patterns that appeared in the talk of participants and the moderator. In the stream of communication two rudimentary interaction patterns were recognized. The first pattern was named the Catalogue. It consists of a sequence of turns of participants who respond to a request of the moderator and who provide their answers, one by one, without reacting on the content of the previous partner(s) talk. The other interaction pattern was called the Domino. In this pattern participants respond to each other. The Catalogue pattern prevailed in the interview. Alongside with identification of patterns of interaction the study demonstrated the functions of the common ground and its accomplishment in the talk of the moderator and participants.</p></abstract>

This paper is based on the analysis of a focus group interview of a moderator and a group of undergraduate students on the topic of self-regulation of learning. The purpose of the investigation was to identify interaction patterns that appeared in the talk of participants and the moderator. In the stream of communication two rudimentary interaction patterns were recognized. The first pattern was named the Catalogue. It consists of a sequence of turns of participants who respond to a request of the moderator and who provide their answers, one by one, without reacting on the content of the previous partner(s) talk. The other interaction pattern was called the Domino. In this pattern participants respond to each other. The Catalogue pattern prevailed in the interview. Alongside with identification of patterns of interaction the study demonstrated the functions of the common ground and its accomplishment in the talk of the moderator and participants.

An Analysis of Interaction Patterns in the Focus Group Interview

Research Centre of Faculty of Humanities, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic

Acta Educationis Generalis

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This paper is based on the analysis of a focus group interview of a moderator and a group of undergraduate students on the topic of self-regulation of...

An Analysis of Interaction Patterns in the Focus Group Interview

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 11 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/atd-2015-0068

Keywords
focus group interview, interaction, interaction patterns, common ground, grounding

© 2015 Peter Gavora, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

An Analysis of Interaction Patterns in the Focus Group Interview

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 11 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/atd-2015-0068

Keywordsfocus group interview, interaction, interaction patterns, common ground, grounding

© 2015 Peter Gavora, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
focus group interview, interaction, interaction patterns, common ground, grounding