Introduction to Educational Research : A Critical Thinking Approach

by W. Newton Suter

• ISBN13: 9781412995733
• ISBN10: 1412995736
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-11
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Introduction to Educational Research: A Critical Thinking Approach 2e is an engaging and informative core text that enables students to think clearly and critically about the scientific process of research. In acheiving its goal to make research accessible to all educators and equip them with the skills to understand and evaluate published research, the text examines how educational research is conducted across the major traditions of quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and action research. The text is oriented toward consumers of educational research and uses a thinking-skills approach to its coverage of major ideas.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foundations

Educators as Critical Thinkers

Thinking About Research

Diversity of Educational Research

Research as Process

The Research Problem

Research Language

Theory and Practice

Data Collection

Research Bias and Control

Sampling in Research

Measurement in Research

Design and Analysis

Common Experimental Research Designs

Common Non-Intervention Research Designs

Qualitative Data, Analysis, and Design

Statistical Data Analysis

Consumer to Producer

Research Analysis and Critique

Writing Research Proposals

Glossary

References

Index

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