Understanding Education Research · A Guide to Critical Reading by Brown, Launcelot -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface to the Second Edition 1 The Role of Research 2 Research Literacy and the Research Critic

What Is Research Literacy? What Is a Research Critic? Research as a Conversation

3 Basic Approaches in Educational Research

Basics of Educational Research The Quantitative Approach The Nature of Statistics The Qualitative Approach The Mixed Methods Approach

4 Types of Research Articles

Types of Quantitative Articles Types of Qualitative Articles

5 Understanding Titles and Abstracts

The Title The Abstract Coding the Abstract

6 Understanding Rationales and Purposes

The Rationale Types of Rationales The Purpose Types of Purposes

7 Understanding Questions and Arguments

Finding the Research Question(s) The Nature of the Argument Categorizing the Argument

8 Understanding References

Rearranging the References

9 Understanding Methods and Procedures

Who? What? How? Special Logistical Concerns

10 Understanding Quantitative Results and Findings

Tools for Organizing and Describing Tools for Finding and Evaluating Relationships Tools for Testing Hypotheses Tools for Building and Evaluating Models Presentation of Results From Univariate to Multivariate Results

11 Understanding Qualitative Results and Findings

Orientations Strategies

12 Understanding Discussions and Conclusions

Summary Statements Explanation Statements Implications Statements Expansion Statements What Have We Accomplished?

13 Advanced Concepts and Techniques

Reliability Validity Error Types Effect Sizes

14 The Research Path

Taking Stock The Community of Critics The Road Ahead

Bibliography Appendix A: Guidelines for Article Evaluations Appendix B: Dissecting an Article Index