Educational Research : Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research

The only introduction to offer balanced, inclusive, integrated treatment of educational research, this text comprehensively addresses both quantitative and qualitative approaches, with the goal of starting students on the path to doing their own research as well as evaluating the research of others. After an overview of the nature of educational research and specific qualitative and quantitative approaches to it, eight chapters explore specific steps in the process, from identifying a problem, through determining a purpose and working with data, to reporting one's findings.