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Greatorex, Jackie; Rushton, Nicky; Coleman, Tori; Darlington, Ellie; Elliott, Gill – Cambridge Assessment, 2019
A curriculum map is a visualisation of relationships within and between a curriculum or curricula. Curriculum mapping refers to the method for creating and using the curriculum map, however this term is used broadly and encompasses a variety of methodological approaches. Often, researchers in the field of curriculum studies conduct curriculum…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Visualization, Curriculum, Maps
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LeCompte, Margaret D.; Goetz, Judith P. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982
A critical guide is offered regarding ethnographic evaluation data: the analytical descriptions or reconstructions of intact cultural scenes and groups which delineate the shared beliefs, practices, artifacts, folk knowledge, and behaviors of some group of people. (PN)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Research, Ethnography, Evaluation Methods
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McNamara, James F.; Morales, Pamilla; Kim, Yeonbee; McNamara, Maryanne – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1998
Meta-analysis, a statistical method for combining quantitative findings from several studies addressing the same research problem, follows basic integrative research review procedures. Researchers must complete 11 specific, sequential steps, including selecting the type of meta-analysis, indicating the common research hypothesis, identifying…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Higher Education
Nel, Johanna – 1983
Overviews of the process of historical research and the writing of a successful historical essay or dissertation are presented. Historical research is defined as the systematic process of collecting and objectively evaluating data related to past occurrences to arrive at conclusions about the causes, effects, or trends of past events that may be…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Doctoral Dissertations, Essays, Expository Writing
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1994
This report is intended as a guide for local comprehensive integrated school-linked services sites and software vendors in developing and implementing case management information systems for the exchange and management of client data. The report is also intended to influence new development and future revisions of data systems, databases, and…
Descriptors: Case Records, Computer Software, Confidentiality, Data Collection
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1987
Two handbooks that serve as a basis for each state's financial data reporting system for the National Center for Education Statistics are compared as part of the Education Data Improvement Project of the Council of Chief State School Officers. The Project's goal is to improve the quality of data submitted to the common core of data of the Center.…
Descriptors: Accounting, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Haenn, Joseph F.; And Others – 1983
Like the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, the Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 requires school districts to determine at least once every 3 years whether Title I achievement gains are sustained over a period of 12 months or more. A local education agency (LEA) has considerable flexibility in the approach it takes in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Educational Legislation