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Elizabeth Talbott; Andres De Los Reyes; Devin M. Kearns; Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez; Mo Wang – Exceptional Children, 2023
Evidence-based assessment (EBA) requires that investigators employ scientific theories and research findings to guide decisions about what domains to measure, how and when to measure them, and how to make decisions and interpret results. To implement EBA, investigators need high-quality assessment tools along with evidence-based processes. We…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Evaluation Methods, Special Education, Educational Research
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Jane E. Miller – Numeracy, 2023
Students often believe that statistical significance is the only determinant of whether a quantitative result is "important." In this paper, I review traditional null hypothesis statistical testing to identify what questions inferential statistics can and cannot answer, including statistical significance, effect size and direction,…
Descriptors: Statistical Significance, Holistic Approach, Statistical Inference, Effect Size
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Makel, Matthew C.; Smith, Kendal N.; McBee, Matthew T.; Peters, Scott J.; Miller, Erin M. – AERA Open, 2019
Concerns about the replication crisis and unreliable findings have spread through several fields, including education and psychological research. In some areas of education, researchers have begun to adopt reforms that have proven useful in other fields. These include preregistration, open materials and data, and registered reports. These reforms…
Descriptors: Credibility, Cooperation, Educational Research, Replication (Evaluation)
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Hui, Bowen – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this work is to illustrate the processes involved in managing teams in order to assist designers and developers to build software that support teamwork. A deeper investigation into the role of team analytics is discussed in this article. Design/methodology/approach: Many researchers over the past several decades studied the…
Descriptors: Design, Guidelines, Research Needs, Teamwork
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Haegele, Justin A.; Hodge, Samuel R. – Physical Educator, 2015
Emerging professionals, particularly senior-level undergraduate and graduate students in kinesiology who have an interest in physical education for individuals with and without disabilities, should understand the basic assumptions of the quantitative research paradigm. Knowledge of basic assumptions is critical for conducting, analyzing, and…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Educational Research, Physical Education, Adapted Physical Education
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Gamble, Tim; Turner-Cobb, Julie M.; Walker, Ian; Holt, Nigel – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
Integral to most undergraduate psychology degree programs are research methods courses. Students learn about theory, study design and hypothesis testing, and gain knowledge that is assessed by laboratory reports. We describe a problem-based learning approach with an emphasis on acquisition of study design skills. Working in small groups, students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Hypothesis Testing, Problem Based Learning
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Cook, Bryan G.; Therrien, William J. – Behavioral Disorders, 2017
Researchers sometimes conduct a study and find that the predicted relation between variables did not exist or that the intervention did not have a positive impact on student outcomes; these are referred to as null findings because they fail to disconfirm the null hypothesis. Rather than consider such studies as failures and disregard the null…
Descriptors: Publications, Bias, Special Education, Educational Research
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Ulriksen, Marianne S.; Dadalauri, Nina – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2016
Single case studies can provide vital contributions to theory-testing in social science studies. Particularly, by applying the process-tracing method, case studies can test theoretical frameworks through a rigorous research design that ensures substantial empirical leverage. While most scholarly contributions on process-tracing focus on either…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Hypothesis Testing, Social Science Research, Research Methodology
McBee, Matthew T.; Matthews, Michael S. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2014
The self-correcting nature of psychological and educational science has been seriously questioned. Recent special issues of "Perspectives on Psychological Science" and "Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts" have roundly condemned current organizational models of research and dissemination and have criticized the…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Periodicals, Replication (Evaluation), Hypothesis Testing
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Gray, Jennifer B. – Communication Teacher, 2014
The subject of research methods is often unknown, foreboding, and unappealing to undergraduate communication majors. Thus, in the research methods course, two ways to overcome such issues and achieve learning are by: (1) making the unfamiliar more familiar and accessible; and (2) placing abstract knowledge in its useful real-world context. Making…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Methods Courses, Learning Activities, Research Design
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Schlueter, Mark A.; D'Costa, Allison R. – American Biology Teacher, 2013
Guided-inquiry lab activities with bean beetles ("Callosobruchus maculatus") teach students how to develop hypotheses, design experiments, identify experimental variables, collect and interpret data, and formulate conclusions. These activities provide students with real hands-on experiences and skills that reinforce their understanding of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Biology, Research Design, Scientific Methodology
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Vartak, Rekha; Ronad, Anupama; Ghanekar, Vikrant – Journal of Biological Education, 2013
Scientific investigations play a vital role in teaching and learning the process of science. An investigative task that was developed for pre-university students is described here. The task involves extraction of an enzyme from a vegetable source and its detection by biochemical method. At the beginning of the experiment, a hypothesis is presented…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Biochemistry, Scientific Methodology, Science Experiments
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Fox, Bradley K.; Gorospe, Kelvin D.; Haverkort-Yeh, Roxanne D.; Rivera, Malia Ana J. – American Biology Teacher, 2013
This bioacoustics activity combines concepts in invertebrate taxonomy, animal communication, and acoustical physics while providing a unique opportunity for physics and biology teachers to collaborate and introduce their students to an exciting, interdisciplinary research field. Here, we propose a lab-and field-based activity that uses hydrophones…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Love, Edwin; Stelling, Pete – Marketing Education Review, 2012
The reaction that occurs when Mentos are added to bottled soft drinks has become a staple demonstration in earth science courses to explain how volcanoes erupt. This paper presents how this engaging exercise can be used in a marketing research course to provide hands-on experience with problem formation, hypothesis testing, and causal research. A…
Descriptors: Marketing, Research, Comparative Analysis, Experiments
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Bell, Ellis – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2011
A course design for first-year science students is described, where the focus is on the skills necessary to do science. The course uses original research projects, designed by the students, to teach a variety of skills including reading the scientific literature, hypothesis development and testing, experimental design, data analysis and…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Research
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