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Merga, Margaret K. – Issues in Educational Research, 2015
Despite its growing popularity, the thesis by publication is a less conventional format for doctoral dissertations in the field of education. The author successfully undertook a thesis by publication in education from 2012, to submission in 2014. This paper draws on both the literature in the field and the experiences of the author through an…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Ethnography, Doctoral Dissertations
Hittleman, Daniel R.; Simon, Alan J. – 1997
This volume is intended for use in introductory research courses in which elementary and early childhood teachers, reading specialists, special education teachers, and content area teachers at the middle and secondary school levels are prepared as consumers of educational research rather than producers of educational research. The text provides…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Research Reports
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Handley, Herbert M., Ed. – 1986
This module, developed by the Research Applications for Teaching (RAFT) project, was written to introduce the preservice teacher to the research base for effective teaching. Particular attention was given to the characteristics of teachers and teaching found in research literature to be associated with achievement and the development of positive…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Research, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
McMillan, James H. – 1996
This book is intended for a one-semester or one-term course in educational research. It is designed to enable students to become intelligent consumers of educational research and to introduce its basic principles to those who eventually may be involved in research in their work. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction to Research in Education"; (2)…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Educational Research, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Charles, C. M. – 1998
This book is designed to provide knowledge about educational research and to help graduate students in education organize and conduct their own research. No prior familiarity with the principles, procedures, or terminology of educational research is required. Chapters are: (1) "Educational Research: Its Nature and Rules of Operation"; (2) "Types…
Descriptors: Action Research, Correlation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Campbell, Patricia B. – 1986
This pamphlet provides suggestions for students concerning how to best use and interpret educational research. Students should recognize that there is nothing wrong with questioning research. Among the myths that must be challenged are that if something is published, it must be true, and that scientists are objective and uninfluenced by societal…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Stereotypes