Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications / Edition 10

Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications / Edition 10

ISBN-10:
0132613174
ISBN-13:
9780132613170
Pub. Date:
10/11/2011
Publisher:
Pearson
ISBN-10:
0132613174
ISBN-13:
9780132613170
Pub. Date:
10/11/2011
Publisher:
Pearson
Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications / Edition 10

Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications / Edition 10

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Overview

Students often fear the educational research course. Don’t worry. This book is famous for its lack of jargon, for its clear and concrete explanations, and its light (often funny) tone.

As you read the book, you will build skills that you need to read educational research and produce your own. The book will help guide you through each step in creating your own research report. You can compare your work with the example published research articles in every methods chapter. In addition, the new Digital Research Tools for the 21st Century feature introduces novel tools and methods you can use to make the process of doing research easier or more efficient like using speech recognition programs to save time transcribing interviews (Chapter 15), using flip cameras and Skype to collect qualitative data (Chapter 14), and using management programs to organize citations (Chapter 21).


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780132613170
Publisher: Pearson
Publication date: 10/11/2011
Series: MyEducationLab Series
Edition description: Older Edition
Pages: 672
Product dimensions: 7.90(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

A native of Australia, Geoffrey E. Mills received his Diploma of Teaching, Bachelors of Education, and Masters of Education from Curtin University of Technology (Perth, Australia) and was an elementary teacher in “the bush” and the city of Perth before moving to the USA in 1986 to undertake doctoral studies at the University of Oregon. After completing his doctorate, Geoff accepted his first professorial position at Southern Oregon State College (now Southern Oregon University). After 12 years of teaching, Geoff moved into university administration and is now in his eleventh year as Dean and Professor of Education in the School of Education at Southern Oregon University. Geoff has traveled extensively and has given invited research presentations in Australia, New Zealand, Greenland (where he is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Greenland), United Kingdom, Canada, and many states in the US. Geoff us perhaps is best known for this textbook and his other textbook Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher (now in its 4th edition). Geoff’s wife Donna is also a professor at Southern Oregon University, and their only child, Jonathan, will be a college freshman starting in fall, 2011. Geoff and Donna live in Oregon and continue to teach at Southern Oregon University, but also spend considerable time each year in Australia.

Table of Contents

PART I INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 Introduction to Educational Research

Chapter 2 Selecting and Defining a Research Topic

Chapter 3 Reviewing the Literature

Chapter 4 Preparing and Evaluating a Research Plan

Chapter 5 Selecting a Sample

Chapter 6 Selecting Measuring Instruments

PART II QUANTITATIVE METHODS

Chapter 7 Survey Research

Chapter 8 Correlational Research

Chapter 9 Causal-Comparative Research

Chapter 10 Experimental Research

Chapter 11 Single-Subject Experimental Research

PART III QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS

Chapter 12 Descriptive Statistics

Chapter 13 Inferential Statistics

PART IV QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Chapter 14 Qualitative Data Collection

Chapter 15 Narrative Research

Chapter 16 Ethnographic Research

Chapter 17 Case Study Research

Chapter 18 Qualitative Research: Data Analysis and Interpretation

PART V MIXED METHODS

Chapter 19 Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

PART VI ACTION RESEARCH

Chapter 20 Action Research

PART VII REPORTING RESEARCH

Chapter 21 Preparing a Research Report

PART VIII CRITIQUING RESEARCH

Chapter 22 Evaluating a Research Report

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