Research Methods in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity with Quantitative and Qualitative ApproachesDonna M Mertens not only covers two standard paradigms (postpositivist and interpretive/constructivist) but also explores the new emancipatory paradigm that is inclusive of the perspectives of feminists, ethnic/racial minorities and persons with disabilities. In each chapter, Donna M Mertens carefully explains a step of the research process through the literature review, research method and analysis to reporting the research. Each chapter opens with examples and lists of topics to consider; contains sample studies to illustrate key ideas; has sequence steps to guide one through the research process; and has a question and answer section to elicit further reflection on the material covered. |
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... mind is active in the construction of knowledge . Most of us would agree that knowing is not passive - a simple imprinting of sense data on the mind - but active ; mind does something with those impressions , at the very least forms ...
... mind but found only what was expected from the beginning . For example , a study of the social experiences of deaf high school students suggested that social isolation can be a very painful result of being the only deaf student ( or one ...
... mind research about how memory functions : Beginning in their 40s and continuing through the rest of their lives , people reminisce . Memories of childhood , adolescence and early adulthood may be more easily recalled than those from ...
Contents
An Introduction to Research | 1 |
Literature Review and Research Problems | 33 |
Experimental and QuasiExperimental Research | 59 |
Copyright | |
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