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Greene, Jennifer C. – Research in the Schools, 2021
This reflective commentary on the character and role of methodology in educational and social inquiry recounts my 45-year journey as an applied researcher and evaluator, primarily in the domain of education. The journey starts in graduate school in the early 1970s, where the methodological challenge was to master "the proper methods, properly…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Social Science Research, Educational History
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Murawska, Jaclyn M.; Walker, David A. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2017
In this commentary, we offer a set of visual tools that can assist education researchers, especially those in the field of mathematics, in developing cohesiveness from a mixed methods perspective, commencing at a study's research questions and literature review, through its data collection and analysis, and finally to its results. This expounds…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Research Methodology, Visual Aids, Research Tools
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Balarabe Kura, Sulaiman Y. – Qualitative Report, 2012
There is a germane relationship between qualitative and quantitative approaches to social science research. The relationship is empirically and theoretically demonstrated by poverty researchers. The study of poverty, as argued in this article, is a study of both numbers and contextualities. This article provides a general overview of qualitative…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Social Science Research, Research Methodology
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Denzin, Norman K. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2012
The author's thesis is simple and direct. Those in the mixed methods qualitative inquiry community need a new story line, one that does not confuse pragmatism for triangulation, and triangulation for mixed methods research (MMR). A different third way is required, one that inspires generative politics and dialogic democracy and helps shape…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Inquiry
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Karppinen, Seppo J. A. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2012
Adventure in school culture may seem quite a contradiction. In this paper I will present arguments on the idea that outdoor adventure learning contributes to formal education and is compatible with school practice and goals. This paper is based on research conducted for my thesis. The doctoral degree was completed at Oulu University, Finland, in…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, School Culture, Action Research, Focus Groups
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Roy, Kevin M. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
Ralph LaRossa's (2012) article on the multidimensional world of qualitative research provides family scientists with a set of innovative tools to guide writing and reviewing. He proffered an engaging challenge: to view the "Journal of Marriage and Family" ("JMF") as a meeting place of scholars, a thought community (Zerubavel, 1997), even a culture…
Descriptors: Evidence, Social Sciences, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research