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This pioneering text provides a comprehensive and highly accessible introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods currently used in educational research. A balanced combination of both quantitative and qualitative research, this text also helps students master skills in reading, conducting, and understanding research. The fifth edition also includes techniques for utilizing the resources available on the Internet…. More >>
Research in Education: A Conceptual Introduction
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#1 by Douglas L. McCue on April 9, 2010 - 11:58 am
If a person is doing a thesis, or disertation, then this book will answer questions about each of the 5 chapters and all those little details that a not taught but are required by your committee.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Marta Vicente on April 9, 2010 - 1:02 pm
The book has a nice hardcover and good quality paper, as the majority of american text-books. The index is very detailed. The graphic models used to explain concepts helped me a lot for the simplicity and clarity. I didn’t like the sharp distinctions between qualitative and quantitative approaches in research, I prefer the authors that pose arguments for the common ground that scientific inquiries share between them.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by Lectio Veritas on April 9, 2010 - 2:58 pm
As a university instructor who has used this text, I would recommend it for its thoroughness and attention to detail in the teaching of educational research methods. Most students are intimidated by research courses. However, this book lays out the reasons for research and the ways of approaching research problems in a step-by-step fashion that is both scholarly and common sense. It is also a great resource to have on one’s library shelf. I highly recommend it it for graduate research courses.
Rating: 5 / 5