Cover of Educational Research: An Introduction

Educational Research: An Introduction

Educational Research: An Introduction, Eighth Edition, is the most comprehensive and widely respected text for scholars and for the preparation of graduate-level students who need to understand educational research in depth and conduct original research for a dissertation or thesis. A comprehensive introduction to the major research methods and types of data analysis used today, this text provides in-depth coverage of all facets of research, from the epistemology of quantitative and qualitative scientific inquiry to the design, data collection, analysis, and reporting of a completed study.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 672 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Educational Research: An Introduction? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Educational Research: An Introduction. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Art of Case Study Research Shares qualitative research, research
  2. Evaluation: A Systematic Approach Shares research
  3. Practical Research: Planning and Design Shares research, education
  4. Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research Shares research

“People who read Educational Research: An Introduction tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Silently Seduced: When Parents Make their Children Partners - Understanding Covert Incest
  2. Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory
  3. Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job
  4. Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers

“If you want more of the same (education), start with these.”

  1. Common Core Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts, Grades K-5
  2. Kill Them Before They Grow: Misdiagnosis of African American Boys in American Classrooms
  3. Teacher's handbook
  4. Assessment in Special and Inclusive Education

“If it was the research that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in the Research Process
  2. The Dissertation Journey: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Writing, and Defending Your Dissertation
  3. Writing Up Qualitative Research
  4. Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education
  2. Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction
  3. The Practice of Social Research
  4. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methodologies