Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer

by James H. McMillan

Helping students become intelligent consumers of research, Educational Research, Third Edition, provides comprehensive, highly readable coverage of fundamental principles and methods of contemporary educational research. A balanced combination of both quantitative and qualitative research, the third edition teaches students how to analyze and evaluate research and judge the usefulness of the findings as they relate to the classroom.

Genres: Education, Grad School, Nonfiction, Teaching, Research

377 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[k.wing · Rating 3 out of 5]

McMillan may be personally turned on by research. This is all conjecture, but I have a textbook worth of data to back up my claims. By synthesizing the quantitative and qualitative data, this confirms my hypothesis.

[Brandi Nicholauson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have the 6th edition. McMillan breaks down every facet of educational research. Particularly useful if you are going to conduct any research, or want to better understand how research is written. Not the most exciting read, but useful.

[Kitchengrrl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for learning research terms and process. It can't help that it's a painfully boring topic. :P

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the kind of thing you'd read for fun, obviously ;) but clear, specific, and detailed. One of few books I kept after grad school.

[Dallin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really dry subject, but the author does a good job of presenting useful information.

[Christa who loves the library · Rating 4 out of 5]

Text book used for -- TRDEV 586 -- Educational Research Designs -- Spring 2015