Conducting Educational Research

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Conducting Educational Research A Comparative View

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R. Murray Thomas

Book Code: G610

ISBN: 0-89789-610-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-610-8

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400 pages, charts, figures,

Bergin & Garvey Paperback

Publication: 9/30/1998

List Price: $36.95 (UK Sterling Price: £21.95)

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Media Type: Paperback

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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This guide to educational research is well written, easily understood with lots of interesting, practical examples and a checklist following each chapter to help you put your research project into perpective and show what you've done and what you need to do....This book is for anyone beginning a research project and would make a great gift for someone struggling to learn about educational research.
—Learning Assistance Professional Discussion Group

Description: Emphasizing the comparative aspects of research, this introduction to educational research traces the process through five stages--choosing what to study, including specifying the reearch problem; collecting information; organizing and summarizing information; interpreting results; and reporting the outcomes. Each of the stages offers diverse options available to researchers for solving the problems of that stage, and a research project checklist at the end of each chapter guides readers in applying the chapter's contents to their own research studies. In much educational discourse, comparative education has referred solely to the study of educational similarities and differences between regions of the world or between two or more nations. This book uses the broader definition of the term to encompass a large body of research including studies focusing on comparisons between local educational systems, schools, classrooms, language groups, religious denominations, genders, social classes, and individual students. Students who are planning research projects as well as staff members of such organizations as ministries of education, school systems, bureaus of educational research, and educational aid agencies will find this volume indispensable.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Components of Educational Research
Choosing What to Study
Sources and Aims of Research Topics
Specifying the Research Problem
Collecting Information--Methods and Instruments
Surveying the Professional Literature
Approaches to Gathering Data
Data Collection Techniques I: Content Analysis, Interviews, and Observations
Data Collection Techniques II: Tests and Questionnaires
Organizing and Summarizing Information
Classifying Data
Statistical Analyses and Sampling
Tables and Graphs
Interpreting the Results
Interpreting Content Analyses
Interpreting Observations
Interpreting Tests, Questionnaires, and Interviews
Reporting the Outcomes
Where to Publish
How to Publish
Opportunities Ahead
Appendix: Locations of ERIC Specializations
Index

LC Card Number: 98-18506

LCC Class: LB1028

Dewey Class: 370


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