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Alegría, Margarita; O'Malley, Isabel Shaheen – William T. Grant Foundation, 2022
Identifying causal mechanisms is an essential aspect of disparities research. Rigorous investigations of mechanisms can open the black box and clarify linkages in the causal chain, indicating how effects occur. Studies of mechanisms can also illuminate novel ways to reduce inequality when intervention at the root cause of unequal outcomes is not…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Causal Models, Equal Education, Financial Support
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Teye, Joseph Kofi – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2012
Although mixed methods designs have gained visibility in recent years, most of the publications on this methodological strategy have been written by scholars in the developed world. Consequently, the practical challenges associated with mixed methods research in developing countries have not been adequately discussed in the literature. Relying on…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Developing Nations, Research Administration, Researchers
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Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2014
Fields from political science to critical education policy studies have long explored power relations in policy processes, showing who influences policy agendas, policy creation, and policy implementation. Yet showing particular actors' influence on specific points in a policy text remains a methodological challenge. This article presents a…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Public Policy, Influences, Politics of Education
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Lane, Rod; Coutts, Pamela – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
While Shulman argues that an important component of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is teachers' understanding of the alternative conceptions commonly held by students, relatively little is known about what students believe about many topics in the school curriculum. This paper focuses on a content area typically featured in Geography…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Geography Instruction, Natural Disasters, Weather