Understanding Education Research: A Guide to Critical Reading

By: Launcelot Brown and Gary Shank and Janice Pringle

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Synopsis: "Understanding Education Research" is designed to help students learn to read educational research articles carefully, systematically, and critically. Students learn to categorize titles, decode abstracts, find research questions, characterize research arguments, break down methods and procedures, explore references, apply analysis strategies, and interpret findings. The book allows them to easily develop the skills they need to be research literate. It offers simple guidelines for qualitative, quantitative, and statistical approaches that help students master the basics behind these often complex and confusing methodologies. The book is accessible for future researchers or for students who simply need to understand research clearly. It is written in a clear and engaging style, with ample concrete examples of each stage, offering exercises for student practice.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781317249894
Related ISBNs:: 9781612056395, 9781612056814, 9781315631394, 9781612055817, 9781612055817, 9781612055800, 9781612055800
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 07/29/18
Copyrighted By:: Routledge
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.