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Rationale

Educational research is research conducted to investigate behavioral patterns in pupils, students, teachers and other participants in schools and other educational institutions. Such research is often conducted by examining work products such as documents and standardized test results.

The methods of educational research are derived chiefly from the social sciences , and in particular from psychology.

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Learning outcomes

Knowledge

After completing this course student will understand

the scientific methods of research and explain why it is so valuable in answering questions about education;
the classification of research into appropriate types based on the type of research question addressed;
topic, problem, and questions/hypotheses for a research study;
the library search for related information;
the most appropriate tools to be used for data collection;
the form in which the collected data will appear;
the purpose of data analysis in research;
the relationships between populations/parameters and samples/statistics;
descriptive and inferential statistics;
the conceptual meaning of significance in statistical analysis;
the main data sources for and main procedures used in ethnographic research;
distinctive characteristics of ethnographic research;
how findings are reported in ethnographic studies;
the general research approach used in historical research;
the main characteristics of survey research;
the characteristics of demographic, knowledge, attitudinal, and behavioral survey questions;
the differences between checklists, Likert, and Likert-type questions;
the main characteristics of correlational research;
the features of experimental research that set it apart from other types of research;
the nature of mixed-methods research;
the value of conducting action research;
the main characteristics of evaluation research;

Skills

After completing this course student will be able to apply

the legal, ethical, philosophical, and procedural operating rules for conducting research in education;
select, and refine a topic for research;
select, and refine an appropriate type for research;
write and present a research proposal
secondary sources of library information related to a given topic;
primary sources of library information related to a given topic;
the general approach to analyzing qualitative data;
the various approaches to conducting qualitative research;
the various approaches to presenting conclusions;
an appropriate form to presenting the research resport

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Educational Research. Dissertation Brief

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Chapter 1: Educational Research: Its Nature and Rules

Chapter 2: Types of Educational Research and Corresponding Sources of Data

Chapter 3: Selecting, Refining, and Proposing a Topic for Research

Chapter 4: Locating Published Research

Chapter 5: Interpreting and Summarizing Published Research

Chapter 6: Designing a Research Project

Chapter 7: Procedures and Tools for Gathering Data

Chapter 8: Analyzing Research Data and Presenting Findings

Chapter 9: Preparing a Research Report

Chapter 10: Qualitative Research

Chapter 11: Survey Research

Chapter 12: Nonexperimental Quantitative Research

Chapter 13: Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Single-Subject Designs

Chapter 14: Mixed-Methods Research Designs WAS Correlational Research in 5e!!! Do not pick up anything without checking!!!

Chapter 15: Action Research and Evaluation Research

Chapter 16: Appendix A: Overview of Statistical Concepts and Procedures

Chapter 17: Apppendix B: Using TakeNote! to Organize Your Research Reports

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Recommended Texts

Introduction to Educational Research, 6/E
Craig A. Mertler, Bowling Green State University
C. M. Charles, Emeritus, San Diego State University

ISBN-10: 0205510000
ISBN-13: 9780205510009

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 448 pp
Published: 12/06/2006

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Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications, 8-9/E

Lorrie R. Gay, Late of Florida University
Geoffrey E. Mills, Southern Oregon University
Peter W. Airasian, Boston College