Educational Research: Principles and Practice - Softcover

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This work facilitates an understanding of education research as a scientific method aimed at providing a systematic and rigorous approach to professional knowledge. Readers will develop the research skills necessary to evaluate interventions designed to bring about change within the learning-teaching environment. More specifically, the reader will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to: (1) promote critical skills for developing, implementing, and critiquing research problems and questions appropriate to educational practice; (2) select appropriate quantitative and qualitative approaches to guide research on a particular topic, including the use of experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental designs; (3) critique existing research in terms of its ability to rule out other possible explanations for purposes of generalizability; (4) implement procedures for assuring ethical conduct of research.Dr. Takona provides a concise, easy to understand coverage of activities comprised in modern education research and specifically aims to describe the mechanics of education research within the context of developing nations.

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