Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Using Research Evidence to Improve Educational Practice
Chapter 2 Doing Your Own Research: From Proposal to Final Report
PART II: APPLYING EXISTING RESEARCH STUDIES TO PROBLEMS
OF PRACTICE
Chapter 3 Conducting and Writing Your Own Literature Review
Chapter 4 Using Search Engines in a Literature Review
Chapter 5 Making Use of Available Literature Reviews
PART III: USING QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY TO STUDY
PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE
Chapter 6 Analyzing and Evaluating Reports of Quantitative Research Studies
Chapter 7 Using Descriptive Statistics to Study Problems of Practice
Chapter 8 The Practical Significance of Statistical Results
Chapter 9 Tests of Statistical Significance
Chapter 10 Descriptive Research
Chapter 11 Group-Comparison Research
Chapter 12 Correlational Research
Chapter 13 Experimental Research
PART IV: USING QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY TO STUDY
PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE
Chapter 14 Case Study Research
Chapter 15 Narrative Research
Chapter 16 Ethnographic and Critical Ethnographic Research
Chapter 17 Historical Research
PART V: COMBINING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE
Chapter 18 Mixed-Methods Research
PART VI: USING OTHER METHODOLOGIES TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE
Chapter 19 Action Research
Chapter 20 Evaluation Research
SELF-CHECK TEST ANSWERS
APPENDICES
1. Guide for Outlining a Quantitative or Qualitative Research Proposal
2. Questions To Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Report of a Quantitative Study
3. Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Report of a Qualitative Study
4. Design-Specific Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Research Report