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Tight, Malcolm – Higher Education Research and Development, 2013
Higher education research is a multidisciplinary field, engaging researchers from across the academy who make use of a wide range of methodological approaches. This article examines the relation between discipline and methodology in higher education research, analysing a database of 567 articles published in 15 leading higher education journals…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Intellectual Disciplines
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Chatoupis, Constantine – Physical Educator, 2010
Spectrum research on teaching has been conducted since 1970s. The purpose of this study was to identify, categorize, and analyze research in this area. Fifty three Spectrum studies conducted between 1970 and 2008 were included in this study. Each paper was coded for (a) decade the study was published, (b) publication outlet/dissertation research,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Styles, Educational Research, Psychomotor Objectives
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Takayama, Keita – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2008
This article challenges the common-sense observation that Japanese and American education have been moving in "opposite directions" in recent times. Drawing on postcolonial discourse studies and cultural studies, the article extracts from this observation an Orientalist binary epistemology that continues to set discursive limits on the…
Descriptors: Social Change, Models, Observation, Comparative Education
Lee, Seon Ah – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to develop a tool to evaluate the quality of a clinical information system (CIS) conceived by nurses and conduct a pilot test with the developed tool as an initial assessment. CIS quality is required for successful implementation in information technology (IT) environments. The study started with the realization that…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Nurses, Content Validity, Nursing
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Brown, Joel H. – Evaluation Review, 2006
This methodological study examines an original data collection model designed to incorporate human factors and enhance data richness in qualitative and evaluation research. Evidence supporting this model is drawn from in-depth youth and adult interviews in one of the largest policy/program evaluations undertaken in the United States, the Drug,…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Observation, Evaluation Research, Cues
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Wallace, Doris B.; And Others – Human Development, 1994
Identifies three categories of baby diaries--scientific, educational, and domestic--prevalent from the late 18th to late 19th century in Western Europe and the United States. Discusses the diarists and recurring themes in the diaries, such as the nature of instinctive behaviors and recapitulationism. Explores contemporary uses of the diary method.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Child Psychology, Developmental Stages