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Educational Research

A Contextual Approach

Ken Springer (Southern Methodist University)

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English
John Wiley & Sons Inc
17 September 2009
Clearly organized, well-written, and user-friendly, Educational Research, provides a comprehensive look at quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches to research. Using concrete examples throughout, the book features a Spotlight on Research section, providing an extended look at three published articles per chapter. The book has been created with a breadth and depth fitting a higher level course, yet is clear enough to accommodate students in advanced undergraduate classes. Set up in a modular format, this easy to read text can be followed in chronological order, or chapters can be used out of sequence to better serve your classroom needs. Rich in pedagogical features, Educational Research offers several elements that help the student to synthesize the main ideas of each chapter into the context of a real world researcher.

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Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 257mm,  Width: 201mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   1.179kg
ISBN:   9780470131329
ISBN 10:   0470131322
Pages:   592
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Chapter 1: Introduction to educational research Chapter 2: Research topics Chapter 3: Research reports Chapter 4: Ethics and sampling Chapter 5: Measurement Chapter 6: Validity and reliability Chapter 7: Experimental designs Chapter 8: Single-participant designs Chapter 9: Non-experimental designs Chapter 10: Descriptive statistics Chapter 11: Inferential statistics Chapter 12: Statistical representation Chapter 13: Ethnographies and case studies Chapter 14: Content analysis and historical research Chapter 15: Mixed-methods designs Chapter 16: Action research Chapter 17: Evaluation research Chapter 18: Research into practice

Dr. Ken Springer is a developmental psychologist.? After receiving his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1990, he served on the faculty of SMU's psychology department before moving to the University's School of Education and Human Development in 2002.?Currently Dr. Springer is part of the school's Department of Teaching and Learning's secondary education program and represents the school on the Faculty Senate. Dr. Springer is active as a researcher, with more than 60 scientific publications and presentations focusing on how children acquire knowledge about biological phenomena such as kinship and illness. Dr. Springer's administrative work includes serving as chair of the SMU Institutional Review Board from 2005 to present, and as secretary of the Faculty Senate in 2006 and 2007. Dr. Springer has served as an expert witness on more than a dozen cases and has been interviewed by various local and national media, including USA Today and National Public Radio.

Reviews for Educational Research: A Contextual Approach

A short book on a big subject ... A useful volume with which to introduce students to theories and particular authors as they come to make their own assessment of 'deep forces'. History An outstanding introduction to the problems and possibilities of global history. Professor Crossley has fearlessly negotiated her way through a vast body of literature, full of contradictions and conundrums, and emerged with brilliant heuristic strategies for achieving the impossible. Richard J. Smith, Rice University In learned and lucid prose, this slim volume conveys the great debates and documentary advances through which global history became a major new field of study. Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the evolution of four interpretive approaches and reaches an astute conclusion on 'what global history is'. This book will enable a wide readership to join productively in the discussion on global change. Patrick Manning, University of Pittsburgh


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