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Download full textFrary, Robert B. – 1996
This digest offers tips on designing questionnaires and on avoiding common design errors. The following useful suggestions are offered: (1) keep the questionnaire brief and concise; (2) get feedback on the initial list of questions developed; (3) locate personal or confidential questions at the end of the questionnaire; (4) put categories in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Questionnaires, Research Design, Research Methodology
Daniel, Larry G. – 1996
Fred N. Kerlinger has been hailed as having contributed to the transformation of the way that behavioral scientists and educators read research reports, design and execute research, and draw conclusions about research. In 1960 he introduced the notion that educational research is fraught with mythology. Three of the research myths that he…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Problems
ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, Washington, DC. – 1997
This digest reviews the basic building blocks of a structured interview, points out some of the pitfalls in interviewing, and suggests ways for researchers to avoid these difficulties to produce questions that have the best possibility of generating reliable and accurate data on the topics of interest. The data collection instrument is a document…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Cohen, Arthur M.; Brawer, Florence B. – 1996
Community colleges generally conduct little research. Further, there is no generally accepted national research agenda for community colleges, no consistently funded national agency charged with studying the institutions as unique entities, and few educational researchers directing their attention toward them. The research that is undertaken on…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Research
Baker, Amy J. L.; Soden, Laura M. – 1998
Most practitioners and researchers support the educational policy direction of increased parent involvement, but few agree about what constitutes effective involvement. This digest, based on a critical evaluation of over 200 research studies, briefly reviews findings from parent involvement research to date, discusses their validity and utility,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
Borgia, Eileen T.; Schuler, Dorothy – 1996
Action research is an approach to professional development and improved student learning in which teachers systematically reflect on their work, seek feedback from colleagues, and make changes in their practice. Several benefits of action research have been cited: (1) teachers investigate their own practice in a new way, looking at what children…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Critical Thinking, Data Collection
