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At Bakersfield College, the CLIP Guide provided “just in time” skill-building around a particular activity when the CLIP was ready for it. For example, at the invitation of the Math CLIP, the CLIP Guide assisted members with designing a questionnaire and reviewed some of their data. After the Math CLIP had gathered their data from interviews, a resource person in the Professional Growth Center organized it on the computer into a table format for easy analysis. Then at one of their CLIP meetings, the CLIP Guide used the responses to one of the questions to show them how to analyze qualitative data using the process explained in Module 5 (“Tips for Analyzing Qualitative Data” and “Activity Illustrating Analysis and Interpretation of Qualitative Data.” They practiced developing codes and looking for themes in the data.

At the request of the Physics CLIP at Bakersfield College, the CLIP Guide met with member to talk about how to design their questionnaires and their focus group questions. She helped them arrange for a moderator for their focus groups using the questions they had designed. (They were concerned that if they conducted the focus groups their own students would be reluctant to talk.) Other CLIPs made their own arrangements for such technical assistance. It is up to you as the CLIP Guide to determine if you provide such technical assistance or refer CLIPs to other sources. This will depend on your time and expertise, as well as the availability of other resources. This varies widely among colleges.

 

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