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Anderson, Kate T. – Written Communication, 2013
Against the backdrop of proliferating research on multimodality in the fields of literacy and writing studies, this article considers the contributions of two prominent theoretical perspectives--Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and Situated Literacies--and the methodological tensions they raise for the study of multimodality. To delineate…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Writing Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Educational Research
Seale, Clive, Ed. – SAGE Publications Ltd (CA), 2012
Clear, coherent and trusted, this book is the perfect guide to the main social research methods in use today. The much anticipated Third Edition of Clive Seale's bestselling title further expands its coverage to provide an authoritative introduction to all of the social research methods used to analyze qualitative and quantitative data. Written by…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
Driscoll, Marcy P. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1984
Focuses on alternative paradigms to experimental inquiry useful to instructional systems researchers, including quasi-experimentation, meta-analysis, case study and ethnography, systems-based evaluation, and technique and model development. Each is discussed in terms of how it generally applies in the field and how it has been employed by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Ethnography, Instructional Systems
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Zimmer, Richard – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1979
Qualitative anthropological research on formal and informal child care arrangements is lacking. Research topics should include: informal arrangements such as babysitting and sibling care; comparative ethnographies of different types of centers; centers' effects on children's experiences; staff-parent interaction; and the effects of government…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Child Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Griffee, Dale T., Ed.; Nunan, David, Ed. – 1997
This collection of papers leads classroom language teachers through the process of developing and completing a classroom research project. Arranged in four sections, they include: "Language Teaching and Research" (David Nunan); "Where Are We Now? Trends, Teachers, and Classroom Research" (Dale T. Griffee); "First Things First: Writing the Research…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Ethnography
Imel, Susan; Kerka, Sandra; Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Directed at practitioners in adult and career education, this document defines qualitative research, compares qualitative research to quantitative research, describes the "war" between proponents of each kind of research, describes how to assess qualitative research, and explains how to choose and use qualitative techniques. Pitfalls of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Bias