Research in Education: Evidence-Based Inquiry

by James H. McMillan, Sally Schumacher

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. The treatment of qualitative research is parallel to that of quantitative research to enable students to better understand all approaches to research. This text uses extensive examples from different journals, thoughtful pedagogy that includes instructional aids, instructional tests, key terms, application problems, concept maps, and criteria for evaluating studies.

Genres: Education

528 pages, Hardcover

First published May 23, 2005

Reviews

[Monique · Rating 5 out of 5]

Warning this is a graduate level textbook and could be boring to the non-academic. However, the information is clear and concise which makes it easy to understand. I certainly recommend it for someone starting graduate level research.

[Sone Moses]

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