Introduction to educational research
Subtitle: a critical thinking approach
By: W. Newton Suter
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 491
ISBN-13: 9781412995733
Subjects: Critical thinking; Education; Research
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PrefacePart I: FoundationsChapter 1: Educators as Critical ThinkersChapter 2: Thinking About ResearchChapter 3: Diversity of Educational ResearchPart II: Research as ProcessChapter 4: The Research ProblemChapter 5: Research LanguageChapter 6: Theory and PracticePart III: Data CollectionChapter 7: Research Bias and ControlChapter 8: Sampling in ResearchChapter 9: Measurement in ResearchPart IV: Design and AnalysisChapter 10: Common Experimental Research DesignsChapter 11: Common Non-Intervention Research DesignsChapter 12: Qualitative Data, Analysis, and DesignChapter 13: Statistical Data AnalysisPart V: Consumer to ProducerChapter 14: Research Analysis and CritiqueChapter 15: Writing Research ProposalsGlossaryReferencesIndex.