Research in Education: Evidence-Based Inquiry: Evidence-Based Inquiry: Pearson New International Edition - Softcover

McMillan, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1292022671 ISBN 13: 9781292022673

Publisher: Pearson, 2013

Synopsis

This substantially revised text provides a comprehensive, highly accessible, and student friendly introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods currently used in educational research.

This text provides a balanced combination of quantitative and qualitative methods and enables students to master skills in reading, understanding, critiquing, and conducting research. Many examples and article excerpts are used throughout the text to demonstrate and highlight best practices in educational research. Evidence-based inquiry is emphasised in two ways: (1) Introductory chapters focus on the added importance of data driven decision-making, (2) Methodological chapters provide explicit guidelines for conducting empirical studies.

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From the Back Cover

Research in Education emphasizes evidence-based inquiry while providing a comprehensive, highly accessible, and student-friendly introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods currently used in educational research. Introductory chapters provide an introduction to research and research problems, major types of research designs, and the review of literature. Methodological chapters provide explicit guidelines for consuming and conducting qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, and action research.

 

Many examples and article excerpts are used throughout the text to demonstrate and highlight best practices in educational research and to provide a basis for student review and critique.

 

 

New to This Edition:

• A chapter on mixed methods (Chapter 16)
• Expanded coverage of action research (Chapter 19)
• Expanded coverage of measurement―now presented in two chapters, Chapter 8: Quantitative Data Collection: Technical Adequacy and Chapter 9: Collecting Quantitative Data

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1292022671
• ISBN 13: 9781292022673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544