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Daniel Marston; Margaret Gopaul – International Journal of Online Graduate Education, 2020
In the present article, the authors address another research method that also allows students to address important topics but in a way that does not require collecting separate data and does not require finding research subjects. This approach, called metasynthesis, is similar to meta-analysis in that it involves combining the results of previous…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Research Methodology, Research Problems
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Young, Nicholas T.; Caballero, Marcos D. – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2021
We encounter variables with little variation often in educational data mining (EDM) due to the demographics of higher education and the questions we ask. Yet, little work has examined how to analyze such data. Therefore, we conducted a simulation study using logistic regression, penalized regression, and random forest. We systematically varied the…
Descriptors: Prediction, Models, Learning Analytics, Mathematics
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Huang, Xiaoping; Chen, Yang-Zi – Higher Education Studies, 2019
In the construction of "Double First-class" universities, how to establish an evaluation system of universities' scientific and technological innovation capacity with Chinese characteristics and international standards will determine the direction and level of improvement of Chinese university?s technological innovation capacity. The…
Descriptors: Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Innovation, Capacity Building
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Li, Xi-ping – English Language Teaching, 2020
Situational Teaching plays a crucial role in English classroom teaching in Chinese Primary Schools; hence the relevant research prospers simultaneously. This study is devoted to reveal the research characteristic on English Situational Teaching in Primary Schools in the past 6 years. Result of contrastive analysis and survey of the essays…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Karadag, Engin – Education, 2010
In this research, the level of quality of the qualitative research design used and the analytic mistakes made in the doctorate dissertations carried out in the field of education science in Turkey have been tried to be identified. Case study design has been applied in the study in which qualitative research techniques have been used. The universe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Design, Qualitative Research, Educational Research
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O'Connor, Kate; Yates, Lyn – Australian Educational Researcher, 2010
This paper discusses an initial analysis of the form of Australian postgraduate scholarship over the last four decades in relation to curriculum inquiry. The study forms part of an ARC funded project on the shifts and emphases of Australian curriculum policy from 1975 to 2005 which seeks to contribute to understandings of how Australian curriculum…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Foreign Countries, Theses, Educational Development
Mishra, Punya; Foster, Aroutis N. – Online Submission, 2007
Educational games have become the lightning rod for learning and preparing a future skilled workforce. Both the people, who argue against and for games agree that learning is possible, but what is learned is another issue. However, the claims about games for learning lacks substantial research and for the most part remains merely philosophical…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Educational Games, Psychology, Pedagogical Content Knowledge