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Peer reviewedJennings, Dennis M. – Higher Education Management, 1990
The discussion identifies the needs of university researchers for information technology (IT), describes the technologies available, and illustrates by examples the impact of new technologies on university research. Provision of IT resources for researchers is examined, and key strategies for IT adoption are suggested. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Information Technology, Needs Assessment
Direct linkSmyth, Robyn – Issues in Educational Research, 2004
This paper outlines one researcher's reflections on the development and use of a conceptual framework as a research tool. Firstly, it discusses the conditions upon which a conceptual framework was devised and used in a major research study. Secondly, it provides evidence concerning the efficacy of the conceptual framework for its purpose in that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Structures, Instructional Innovation, Research Tools
Download full textYeager, Joseph; Sommer, Linda – Qualitative Report, 2007
Selecting a statistical framework for a behavioral study has profoundly different results than does a linguistically framed research strategy. The linguistic strategy overcomes many limitations inherent in statistical strategies and offers more meaningful results. Inferential statistical studies often discuss how the findings "explain" the results…
Descriptors: Statistical Studies, Language Processing, Research Tools, Qualitative Research
Kutnick, Peter; Brighi, Antonella; Avgitidou, Sofia; Genta, Maria Luisa; Hannikainen, Maritta; Karlsson-Lohmander, Maelis; Ruiz, Rosario Ortega; Rautamies, Erja; Colwell, Jennifer; Tsalagiorgou, Eleni; Mazzanti, Chiara; Nicoletti, Sandra; Sansavini, Alessandra; Guarini, Annalisa; Romera, Eva; Monks, Claire; Lofqvist, Monica – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
This study sought to identify and compare the characteristics of the social pedagogic context of cognitive activities in a sample of early education settings in six European countries (England, Finland, Greece, Italy, Spain and Sweden). Previous research concerning the social context within which cognitive/learning activities take place has…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Social Development
Coffey, Amanda; Renold, Emma; Dicks, Bella; Soyinka, Bambo; Mason, Bruce – Ethnography and Education, 2006
This paper considers some of the methodological implications of undertaking and representing multimedia and digital, ethnographic work. It explores some of the challenges and opportunities of working with and across a range of media, and explores some of the consequences of bringing hypermedia applications to ethnographic work. The paper draws on…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Ethnography
Secrist, Mark – 1988
Although the generation of creative appeals is the heart and soul of advertising, there has been little methodology developed for the classification and study of the appeals themselves. The paper recommends the use of an instrument which provides a technique that will enable the advertising researcher to develop descriptive studies of ad appeals.…
Descriptors: Advertising, Communication Research, Creativity Research, Marketing
Peer reviewedStage, Frances K. – Review of Higher Education, 1988
A method of classifying college student groups according to motivation theory for the purposes of research into measuring student satisfaction suggests that typologies of student subgroups can assist in research on college outcomes. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
Peer reviewedMcPhee, Robert D.; Babrow, Austin – Communication Monographs, 1987
Presents a table of cases requiring causal modeling or an equivalent technique. Reviews nine years of published research in communication journals to assess the adequacy of analysis in these situations. Offers standards for the conduct and reporting of causal modeling along with a review of their use in published causal modeling. (NKA)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Error of Measurement, Models, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedHenige, David – International Journal of Oral History, 1980
Discusses source monopoly and its effects on historical scholarship. Suggests that what is needed is a series of international depositories which serve as clearinghouses for the creation and preservation of oral materials. Ideally, these clearinghouses would be staffed by specially trained historians. (DB)
Descriptors: Historiography, Information Needs, Information Sources, Libraries
Peer reviewedCoker, Dana Rosenberg; Friedel, Janice Nahra – Research in Higher Education, 1991
The data collection matrix makes possible the integration of functional area data from numerous assessment sources and presentation of the information in a unified composite report. This model is discussed in relation to the various assessment instruments and the evaluation of functional areas and programs in colleges and universities. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Program Evaluation
Lohnes, Paul R.; Pai, Lu – 1982
As useful as LISREL may be in model estimation and testing, its most significant contribution to date is the encouragement and example it gives for right thinking about research and right planning of research. The encouragement to hypothesize the best possible model for the process that is the object of study, and to plan measurements that…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Educational Research, Factor Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
Stewart, James A. – Illinois Libraries, 1987
This exploration of reasons why historians do not take full advantage of government publications as sources of historical materials focuses on the difficulty of accessing information under current classification and indexing schemes. (CLB)
Descriptors: Classification, Government Publications, Indexing, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedUnsworth, Michael E. – Microform Review, 1986
Describes the benefits to researchers of the microfiche publication of the "National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States," which consists of finding aids for U.S. manuscript and archival collections. Arranged in four parts based on origin, each is described in detail as to scope and arrangement. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Government Libraries, Manuscripts
Woolley, Peter – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1980
Educational researchers feel that "artistic" models of procedure might not yield material of great value. The most difficult problem is that the more researchers wish to tap the vivid description and deep human insight which the arts can generate, the less they can expect to achieve a neutral presentation of facts. (JN)
Descriptors: Creative Art, Creativity, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Peer reviewedSpool, Mark D. – Personnel Psychology, 1978
This review covers the past 25 years of research literature on training observers of behavior, specifically in the areas of interviewing, reducing rater bias, interpersonal perception and observation as a research tool. The focus is on determining the most successful training methods and their theoretical bases. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Bias, Instructional Design, Interviews, Literature Reviews
