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.