Conducting Educational Research : Guide to Completing a Major Project
ISBN: 9781412979023 | 1412979021
Format: PaperbackPublisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 9/13/2010
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Designed to be used during the research process, Conducting Educational Research walks readers through each step of a research project or thesis, including developing a research question, performing a literature search, developing a research plan, collecting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and sharing the conclusions with others. Throughout the book, Daniel J. Boudah covers all types of research (including experimental, descriptive, qualitative, group designs, and single subject designs) and helps readers link research questions to des... MORE
| Preface | |
| Research in Education | |
| Conducting Research in Education: Art or Science? | |
| The Current Research to Practice Gap | |
| Examples of Research at the Policy and Classroom Levels | |
| Research Types, Designs, and Methodologies | |
| Putting it All Together | |
| Selected Organizations that Support Research in Education | |
| Summary | |
| Activities | |
| Answers to Activities | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Identifying a Research Problem, Question, and Searching Relevant Literature | |
| Identifying a Research Problem | |
| Identifying a Possible Research Question | |
| The Purposes of a Literature Review | |
| The Process of Conducting a Literature Search | |
| Putting it All Together | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Understanding Relevant Literature and Writing a Literature Review | |
| Analyzing literature search outcomes | |
| Writing a Literature Review | |
| Revisiting and Revising Research Questions | |
| Putting it All Together | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Issues in Validity and Trustworthiness | |
| What are Validity, Reliability, and Trustworthiness? | |
| Types of Validity and Their Threats | |
| Reliability | |
| Trustworthiness | |
| Ways to Address Challenges to Trustworthiness | |
| Putting it All Together | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Designing and conducting experimental research | |
| Experimental and Quasi-Experimental | |
| Questions Point to Designs | |
| Group Designs | |
| Single Subject Designs | |
| Measurement of Dependent Variables | |
| Types of Data | |
| Putting It All Together | |
| Implementing Interventions | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Designing and Conducting Qualitative Research | |
| What is Qualitative Research? | |
| Qualitative Design: The Planning Process | |
| Putting It All Together | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Designing and Conducting Descriptive Research | |
| Types of Quantitative Descriptive Research | |
| Survey Methods | |
| Conducting Descriptive Research | |
| Accessing Extant Databases | |
| Putting It All Together | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Creating a Research Proposal | |
| The Purpose of a Research Proposal | |
| Identifying a Problem | |
| Investigating and Identifying Relevant Literature | |
| Identifying a Research Question | |
| Identifying a Research Design and Method | |
| Identifying Research Procedures and Plans | |
| Identifying Potential Analyses | |
| Protection of Human Participants | |
| Pilot Testing | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Experimental Research | |
| From Designing and Conducting, to Analyzing and Interpreting Experimental Research | |
| Experimental Data | |
| Selecting a Statistic Consistent with Your Design and Appropriate to Your Data | |
| Interpreting Results of Analyses | |
| Discussing Experimental Results | |
| Statistical Conclusion Validity | |
| Putting it All Together | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| References | |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Research | |
| Data Management | |
| Data Analysis of Words | |
| Putting It All Together | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Descriptive Research | |
| From Designing and Conducting, to Analyzing and Interpreting Descriptive Research | |
| Descriptive Data Analysis and Interpretation | |
| Causal Comparative Research | |
| Correlational Research | |
| Putting it All Together | |
| Summary | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Your Research Project in Action | |
| Further Readings | |
| References | |
| Writing Research Reports | |
| Writing for Publication | |
| Getting Your Writing Published | |
| Putting It All Together | |
| Summary | |
| References | |
| Check Sheet for Understanding Relevant Literature | |
| Organizations that Support Educational Research | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
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