Applying Educational Research: How to Read, Do, and Use Research to Solve Problems of Practice : Pearson New International Edition

This textbook brings research alive for educators by introducing readers to people who actually 'do' research. It is intended for instructors who emphasize teaching students how to locate, read, and interpret and apply the findings of educational research studies. This text is intended for instructors who emphasize teaching students how to locate, read, and interpret, and apply the findings of educational research studies. This revision addresses how to design and conduct a research study in more detail. The text includes numerous recent, published research articles involving high-interest problems of educational practice. The chapters, which treat quantitative, qualitative, and applied forms of educational research, stand alone, allowing instructors to choose those they want to cover. This text brings research alive for educators by introducing readers to people who actually "do" research. Designed for courses focused primarily on applying, rather than conducting research, it includes 13 actual research articles, reprinted in their entirety. The book makes no assumptions about readers' prior knowledge of research or statistics. This text builds students' confidence so that they are able to successfully read research reports and research. For the first time, readers will see the relevance of research to educational practice Cover......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 4 1. Using Research Evidence to Improve Educational Practice......Page 6 2. Doing Your Own Research: From Proposal to Final Report......Page 26 3. Conducting and Writing Your Own Literature Review......Page 50 4. Using Search Engines in a Literature Review......Page 64 5. Making Use of Available Literature Reviews......Page 82 6. Analyzing and Evaluating Reports of Quantitative Research Studies......Page 98 7. Using Descriptive Statistics to Study Problems of Practice......Page 126 8. The Practical Significance of Statistical Results......Page 148 9. Tests of Statistical Significance......Page 166 10. Descriptive Research......Page 186 11. Group Comparison Research......Page 204 12. Correlational Research......Page 220 13. Experimental Research......Page 244 14. Case Studies in Qualitative Research......Page 272 15. Narrative Research......Page 308 16. Ethnography and Critical Research......Page 324 17. Action Research......Page 350 18. Self-Check Test Answers......Page 366 Appendix: Guide for Outlining a Quantitative or Qualitative Research Proposal......Page 368 Appendix: Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Report of a Quantitative Study......Page 370 Appendix: Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Report of a Qualitative Study......Page 374 Appendix: Design-Specific Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Research Report......Page 378 A......Page 382 C......Page 383 E......Page 386 F......Page 387 I......Page 388 M......Page 390 N......Page 391 P......Page 392 Q......Page 394 R......Page 395 S......Page 396 T......Page 397 Z......Page 398 A......Page 400 B......Page 401 C......Page 402 D......Page 403 E......Page 404 I......Page 405 L......Page 406 N......Page 407 P......Page 408 R......Page 409 S......Page 410 V......Page 412 Z......Page 413 Cover 1 Table of Contents 4 1. Using Research Evidence to Improve Educational Practice 6 2. Doing Your Own Research: From Proposal to Final Report 26 3. Conducting and Writing Your Own Literature Review 50 4. Using Search Engines in a Literature Review 64 5. Making Use of Available Literature Reviews 82 6. Analyzing and Evaluating Reports of Quantitative Research Studies 98 7. Using Descriptive Statistics to Study Problems of Practice 126 8. The Practical Significance of Statistical Results 148 9. Tests of Statistical Significance 166 10. Descriptive Research 186 11. Group Comparison Research 204 12. Correlational Research 220 13. Experimental Research 244 14. Case Studies in Qualitative Research 272 15. Narrative Research 308 16. Ethnography and Critical Research 324 17. Action Research 350 18. Self-Check Test Answers 366 Appendix: Guide for Outlining a Quantitative or Qualitative Research Proposal 368 Appendix: Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Report of a Quantitative Study 370 Appendix: Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Report of a Qualitative Study 374 Appendix: Design-Specific Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Research Report 378 Glossary 382 A 382 B 383 C 383 D 386 E 386 F 387 G 388 H 388 I 388 J 390 K 390 L 390 M 390 N 391 O 392 P 392 Q 394 R 395 S 396 T 397 V 398 W 398 X 398 Y 398 Z 398 Index 400 A 400 B 401 C 402 D 403 E 404 F 405 G 405 H 405 I 405 J 406 K 406 L 406 M 407 N 407 O 408 P 408 Q 409 R 409 S 410 T 412 U 412 V 412 W 413 X 413 Y 413 Z 413