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Preface | |
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Research in Education | |
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Conducting Research in Education: Art or Science? | |
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The Current Research to Practice Gap | |
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Examples of Research at the Policy and Classroom Levels | |
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Research Types, Designs, and Methodologies | |
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Putting it All Together | |
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Selected Organizations that Support Research in Education | |
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Summary | |
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Activities | |
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Answers to Activities | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Identifying a Research Problem, Question, and Searching Relevant Literature | |
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Identifying a Research Problem | |
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Identifying a Possible Research Question | |
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The Purposes of a Literature Review | |
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The Process of Conducting a Literature Search | |
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Putting it All Together | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Understanding Relevant Literature and Writing a Literature Review | |
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Analyzing literature search outcomes | |
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Writing a Literature Review | |
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Revisiting and Revising Research Questions | |
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Putting it All Together | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Issues in Validity and Trustworthiness | |
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What are Validity, Reliability, and Trustworthiness? | |
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Types of Validity and Their Threats | |
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Reliability | |
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Trustworthiness | |
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Ways to Address Challenges to Trustworthiness | |
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Putting it All Together | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Designing and conducting experimental research | |
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Experimental and Quasi-Experimental | |
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Questions Point to Designs | |
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Group Designs | |
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Single Subject Designs | |
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Measurement of Dependent Variables | |
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Types of Data | |
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Putting It All Together | |
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Implementing Interventions | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Designing and Conducting Qualitative Research | |
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What is Qualitative Research? | |
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Qualitative Design: The Planning Process | |
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Putting It All Together | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Designing and Conducting Descriptive Research | |
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Types of Quantitative Descriptive Research | |
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Survey Methods | |
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Conducting Descriptive Research | |
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Accessing Extant Databases | |
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Putting It All Together | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Creating a Research Proposal | |
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The Purpose of a Research Proposal | |
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Identifying a Problem | |
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Investigating and Identifying Relevant Literature | |
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Identifying a Research Question | |
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Identifying a Research Design and Method | |
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Identifying Research Procedures and Plans | |
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Identifying Potential Analyses | |
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Protection of Human Participants | |
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Pilot Testing | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Analyzing and Interpreting Experimental Research | |
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From Designing and Conducting, to Analyzing and Interpreting Experimental Research | |
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Experimental Data | |
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Selecting a Statistic Consistent with Your Design and Appropriate to Your Data | |
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Interpreting Results of Analyses | |
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Discussing Experimental Results | |
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Statistical Conclusion Validity | |
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Putting it All Together | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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References | |
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Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Research | |
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Data Management | |
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Data Analysis of Words | |
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Putting It All Together | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Analyzing and Interpreting Descriptive Research | |
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From Designing and Conducting, to Analyzing and Interpreting Descriptive Research | |
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Descriptive Data Analysis and Interpretation | |
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Causal Comparative Research | |
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Correlational Research | |
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Putting it All Together | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Your Research Project in Action | |
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Further Readings | |
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References | |
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Writing Research Reports | |
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Writing for Publication | |
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Getting Your Writing Published | |
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Putting It All Together | |
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Summary | |
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References | |
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Check Sheet for Understanding Relevant Literature | |
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Organizations that Support Educational Research | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |