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Stringer, Ernest T. – 1999
This book provides a simple but effective model for approaching action research. It also contains a series of tools to assist the researcher in working through the research process. The chapters are: (1) "Research in Professional and Public Life"; (2) "Principles of Community-Based Action Research"; (3) "Setting the Stage"; (4) "Look: Building the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Methods Research, Models
Line, Maurice B.; And Others – 1971
The objective of this investigation was to collect data on the needs of information users which could serve as a basis for the design of information systems in the social sciences. Research habits of social scientists were explored to identify research procedures and problems of research including circumstantial and environmental variables. A…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Information Needs, Information Services, Methods Research
Gates, Gordon S., Ed.; Wolverton, Mimi, Ed.; Gmelch, Walter H., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2007
This collection of chapters presents research focused on emerging strategies, paradigms, and theories on the sources, experiences, and consequences of stress, coping, and prevention pertaining to students, teachers and administrators. Studies analyze data collected through action research, program evaluation, surveys, qualitative interviewing,…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Urban Schools, Student Behavior, Program Evaluation
Mertens, Donna M. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2004
In this new edition, the author explains quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, and incorporates the viewpoints of various research paradigms (postpositivist, constructivist, transformative, and pragmatic) into descriptions of these methods. Special emphasis is provided for conducting research in culturally complex communities. Each chapter…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Human Services, Research Problems, Methods Research