Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research

by Green, Judith L.; Camilli, Gregory; Elmore, Patricia B.

• ISBN13: 9780805859331
• ISBN10: 0805859330
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-05
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Published for the American Educational Research Association by Routledge. The Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research is a successor volume to AERA's earlier and highly acclaimed editions of Complementary Methods for Research in Education. More than any book to date (including its predecessors), this new volume brings together the wide range of research methods used to study education and makes the logic of inquiry for each method clear and accessible. Each method is described in detail, including its history, its research design, the questions that it addresses, ways of using the method, and ways of analyzing and reporting outcomes. Key features of this indispensable book include the following: Foundations Section-Part I is unique among research books. Its three chapters examine common philosophical, epistemological, and ethical issues facing researchers from all traditions, and frames ways of understanding the similarities and differences among traditions. Together they provide a tripartite lens through which to view and compare all research methods. Comprehensive Coverage-Part II (the heart of the book) presents 35 chapters on research design and analysis. Each chapter includes a brief historical overview of the research tradition, examines the questions that it addresses, and presents an example of how the approach can be used. Programs of Research-Part III examines how research programs connected to eight specific lines of inquiry have evolved over time. These chapters examine phenomena such as classroom interaction; language research; issues of race, culture, and difference; policy analysis; program evaluation; student learning; and teacher education. Complementary Methods-As the title suggests, a central mission of this book is to explore the compatibility of different research methods. Which methods can be productively brought together and for what purposes? How and on what scale can they be made compatible and what phenomena are they best suited to explore? Flexibility-The chapters in Parts II and III are largely independent. Therefore, selected portions of the book can be used in courses devoted to specific research methods and perspectives or to particular areas of education. Likewise, established researchers interested in acquiring new techniques or greater expertise in a given methodology will find this an indispensable reference volume. This handbook is appropriate for any of the following audiences: faculty teaching and graduate students studying education research, education researchers and other scholars seeking an accessible overview of state-of-the-art knowledge about specific methods, policy analysts and other professionals needing to better understand research methods, and academic and research libraries serving these audiences.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUME
Preface	xi
Lorrie A. Shepard, University of Colorado at Boulder
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction to the Handbook: What's Complementary About Complementary Methods?	xv
Judith L. Green
University of California, Santa Barbara
Gregory Camilli
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Patricia B. Elmore
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
On Reading and Using the Volume: Notes to Students	xxi
Audra Skukauskaite and Elizabeth Grace
University of California, Santa Barbara
Acknowledgment of Advisors and Reviewers	xxv
I FOUNDATIONS	1	(74)
1 Philosophies of Educational Research	3	(30)
Eric Bredo,
University of Virginia
2 Epistemology and Educational Research	33	(24)
Gregory J. Kelly
The Pennsylvania State University
3 The Ethics of Educational Research	57	(20)
Kenneth A. Strike
Syracuse University
II INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN AND ANALYSIS	75	(580)
4 Analyzing the Multidimensionality of Texts in Education	77	(18)
Charles Bazerman
University of California, Santa Barbara
5 Arts-Based Educational Research	95	(16)
Tom Barone
Arizona State University
Elliot Eisner
Stanford University
6 Case Study Methods	111	(12)
Robert K. Yin
COSMOS Corporation
7 Cross-Case Analysis	123	(18)
Kathryn M. Borman, Christopher Clarke, Bridget Cotner, and Reginald Lee
University of South Florida
8 Curriculum Assessment	141	(20)
Andrew C. Porter
Vanderbilt University
9 Data Modeling: Structural Equation Modeling	161	(16)
Kevin H. Kim
University of Pittsburgh
Peter M. Bentler
University of California, Los Angeles
10 Definition and Analysis of Data from Videotape: Some Research Procedures and Their Rationales	177	(16)
Frederick Erickson
University of California, Los Angeles
11 Design Experiments	193	(14)
Alan H. Schoenfeld
University of California, Berkeley
12 Developmental Research: Theory, Method, Design and Statistical Analysis	207	(20)
Hsiu-Zu Ho and Stacy L. O'Farrell
University of California, Santa Barbara Sehee Hong Yonsei University, Seoul
Sukkyung You
University of California, Santa Barbara
13 Discourse-in-Use	227	(16)
David Bloome and Caroline Clark
The Ohio State University
14 Empirical Bayes	243	(16)
Henry Braun
Educational Testing Service
15 Estimation	259	(20)
Juliet Popper Shaffer
University of California, Berkeley
16 Ethnography	279	(18)
Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt
University of Michigan–Dearborn
17 Finding Patterns with Field Notes	297	(12)
Jan Nespor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
18 Generalizability Theory	309	(14)
Richard J. Shavelson
Stanford University
Noreen M.Webb
University of California, Los Angeles
19 Historical Research in Education	323	(10)
John L. Rury
University of Kansas
20 Historical Studies: Groups/Institutions	333	(24)
Annette Henry
University of Washington, Tacoma
21 Interviewing in Educational Research	357	(14)
Mary E. Brenner
University of California, Santa Barbara
22 Introduction to Measurement Theory	371	(14)
Linda Crocker
University of Florida
23 Item Response Theory	385	(26)
Susan Embretson and Xiangdong Yang
University of Kansas
24 Linear Regression and Hierarchical Linear Models	411	(16)
Delena M. Harrison and Stephen W. Raudenbush
University of Michigan
25 Meta-Analysis: The Quantitative Synthesis of Research Findings	427	(12)
Gene V Glass
Arizona State University
26 The Microgenetic Method: Current Work and Extensions to Classroom Research	439	(18)
Clark A. Chinn
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
27 Multiple Methodology in Education Research	457	(20)
Mary Lee Smith
Arizona State University
28 Narrative Inquiry	477	(12)
F. Michael Connelly
University of Toronto
D. Jean Clandinin
University of Alberta
29 Philosophical Inquiry	489	(14)
Nicholas C. Burbules and Bryan R. Warnick
University of Illinois
30 Practitioner Inquiry: Blurring the Boundaries of Research and Practice	503	(16)
Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Boston College
Kelly Donnell
Bridgewater State College
31 Probability and Hypothesis Testing	519	(20)
Joel R. Levin
University of Arizona
32 Quasi-Experimental Design	539	(12)
William R. Shadish
University of California, Merced
Jason K. Luellen
University of Memphis
33 Randomized Experiments in Educational Research	551	(16)
Thomas D. Cook and Vandna Sinha
Northwestern University
34 Representing Qualitative Data	567	(16)
Margaret Eisenhart
University of Colorado
35 Research Synthesis: Effect Sizes	583	(22)
Bruce Thompson
Texas A&M University and Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)
36 Statistical Graphics: A Guidepost for Scientific Discovery	605	(18)
Howard Wainer
National Board of Medical Examiners
Paul F. Velleman
Cornell University
37 Survey Methods in Educational Research	623	(18)
Mark Berends
Vanderbilt University
38 Survey Sampling	641	(14)
James Chromy
RTI International
III PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH	655	(178)
39 Language and Literacy Research: Multiple Methods and Perspectives	657	(24)
Celia Genishi and Tamara Glupczynski
Teachers College, Columbia University
40 Official and Unofficial Stories: Getting at the Impact of Policy on Educational Practice	681	(20)
Linda McSpadden McNeil and Eileen M. Coppola
Rice University
41 Policy Analysis: Studying Policy Implementation	701	(10)
Margaret E. Goertz
University of Pennsylvania
42 Program Evaluation: A Democratic Practice	711	(16)
Saville Kushner
University of the West of England
Clem Adelman
43 Researching the Complexity of Classroom Interaction	727	(46)
Lesley A. Rex
University of Michigan
Sharilyn C. Steadman
Florida State University
Mary K. Graciano
University of Michigan
44 Researching Race, Culture, and Difference: Epistemological Challenges and Possibilities	773	(22)
James A. Banks
University of Washington, Seattle
45 Theoretical and Practical Advances Through Research on Learning	795	(28)
James G. Greeno
University of Pittsburgh
46 Programs of Research in Teacher Education	823	(10)
Susan Noffke
University of Illinois, Urbana—Champaign
Ken Zeichner
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Author Index	833	(20)
Subject Index	853