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Groth, Randall E. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2010
Qualitative methods have become common in statistics education research, but questions linger about their role in scholarship. Currently, influential policy documents lend credence to the notion that qualitative methods are inherently inferior to quantitative ones. In this paper, several of the questions about qualitative research raised in recent…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Statistics, Educational Research, Educational Policy
Mayer, Diane E. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2006
Discussions about appropriate methods for education research have escalated in the wake of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 and related changes to federal policies for educational research and its funding. This legislation highlights the importance of "scientifically-based research" and in particular foregrounds the use of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Research, Federal Legislation, Politics of Education
Geierstanger, Sara P.; Amaral, Gorette – National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2005
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) convened a meeting of 23 stakeholders representing a national cross-section of experts in the fields of health and education on April 30, 2004. Among the participants were school health practitioners, educators, researchers, and funders. The meeting's purpose was to clarify and document…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Stakeholders, School Health Services