Applying educational research : how to read, do, and use research to solve problems of practice /

Gall, M.D.

Applying educational research : how to read, do, and use research to solve problems of practice / M.D., Gall. - 6th - Boston : Pearson, 2010. - xxvi, 573 p.: 28 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index

Using research evidence to improve educational practice -- Doing your own research: from proposal to final report -- Conducting and writing your own literature review -- Using search engines in a literature review -- Making use of available literature reviews -- Analyzing and evaluating reports of quantitative research studies -- Using descriptive statistics to study problems of practice -- The practical significance of statistical results -- Tests of statistical significance -- Descriptive research -- Group comparison research -- Correlational research -- Experimental research -- Case studies in qualitative research -- Narrative research -- Ethnography and critical research -- Historical research -- Mixed-methods research -- Action research -- Evaluation research.


English

978-0-205-59670-6


Education--Research

370.72 G13a