Using STML as a theoretical model for a qualitative case study
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Using STML as a theoretical model for a qualitative case study

Shuhong Luo Assistant professor, College of Nursing, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY, United States
Melanie Kalman Professor, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY, United States

Background Selecting and applying an appropriate theoretical model is essential in research development.

Aim To describe the use of the simplified teaching-meaningful learning (STML) model to guide a qualitative case study that explored the meaningful learning of students with diverse backgrounds at a training workshop for new software.

Discussion The authors discuss how STML helped determine the qualitative case study’s research question, gave direction to the choice of methods for collecting and analysing data, and built the context to interpret and discuss the findings.

Conclusion Using an appropriate theoretical model assists in the design and conduct of a qualitative case study that develops scientific evidence to understand students’ meaningful learning of new technologies.

Implications for practice The four steps of the model might be useful for researchers in designing and conducting other qualitative research in different subject areas in nursing and other disciplines.

Nurse Researcher. doi: 10.7748/nr.2019.e1591

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and has been checked for plagiarism using automated software

Correspondence

shuhongluo@gmail.com

Conflict of interest

None declared

Luo S, Kalman M (2019) Using STML as a theoretical model for a qualitative case study. doi: 10.7748/nr.2019.e1591

Published online: 31 January 2019

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