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Curtin, Susan; DeJong, David; Robinson, Derrick; Card, Karen; Campoli, Ayana – Voices of Reform, 2020
This study explores the methodology presented in four leading educational leadership journals for a period of three years to investigate the predominant methodologies reported in journals most read by faculty members in educational administration or leadership programs. This content analysis study uses frequency and percentages to gather data on…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Periodicals, Educational Administration, Journal Articles
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Pantic, Nataša – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
This paper illustrates a new way of working collaboratively on the development of a methodology for studying teacher agency for social justice. Increasing emphasis of impact on change as a purpose of social research raises questions about appropriate research designs. Large-scale quantitative research framed within externally set parameters has…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Research Design, Teacher Empowerment, Social Justice
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Dempsey, Paula R. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
This study investigated how library and information science (LIS) scholars who used qualitative data explained and justified their methods. It analyzed research tasks mentioned in the methods sections of 151 peer-reviewed LIS studies published from 2011 to 2015 and in a survey of their authors. The study assumed that professors of LIS would…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Data, Information Science Education, Research Methodology
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Arantes do Amaral, João Alberto; Lino dos Santos, Rebeca Júlia Rodrigues – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
In this article, we present our findings regarding the course "Research Methodology," offered to 22 first-year undergraduate students studying Administration at the Federal University of São Paulo, Osasco, Brazil. The course, which combined community-based research and project-based learning, was developed during the second semester of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
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Hales, Patrick D.; Croxton, Rebecca A.; Kirkman, Christopher J. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2016
Using a mixed-methods approach, this study sought to understand a general sense of paradigm confidence and to see how this confidence relates to doctoral student identities as emerging scholars. Identity development was explored among 46 education doctoral students at a midsized public university in the Southeast. Researchers examined students'…
Descriptors: Student Research, Models, Scholarship, Mixed Methods Research
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Baglin, James; Reece, John; Baker, Jenalle – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2015
Many recent improvements in pedagogical practice have been enabled by the rapid development of innovative technologies, particularly for teaching quantitative research methods and statistics. This study describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a series of specialised computer laboratory sessions. The sessions combined the use of an…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Courses, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Simulation
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Gutman, Mary; Genser, Lynne – Educational Media International, 2017
Enabling pre-service teachers to develop a critical view of their practice and to acquire the higher order inquiry skills necessary for pedagogic research has been and continues to be a challenge. The present study presents a unique intervention in the training of pre-service teachers in research literacy (RL) skills using a Problem Based Learning…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Research Skills, Problem Based Learning, Communities of Practice
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Shahbari, Juhaina Awawdeh; Peled, Irit – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2016
This study analyzes the development of percentages knowledge by seventh graders given a sequence of activities starting with a realistic modeling task, in which students were expected to create a model that would facilitate the reinvention of percentages. In the first two activities, students constructed their own pricing model using fractions and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Mathematical Concepts, Grade 7
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Yeoman, Kay; Nardi, Elena; Bowater, Laura; Nguyen, Huyen – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2017
While numerous studies examine perceptions of research held by university researchers, studies examining perceptions held by school pupils are rare. To address this gap and following analysis of questionnaire data (N = 2634, KS3/4/5 pupils), we conducted 11 group interviews with 100 pupils in England to investigate their experiences of research…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Interviews, Foreign Countries
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Osler, James Edward – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2013
This monograph provides an active discourse on the novel field of "Educational Science" and how it conducts in-depth research investigations first presented in an article by the author in the i-managers "Journal of Mathematics." Educational Science uses the innovative Total Transformative Trichotomy-Squared [Tri-Squared] Test…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Inquiry
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Fazio, Claudio; Battaglia, Onofrio Rosario; Di Paola, Benedetto – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
This paper describes a method aimed at pointing out the quality of the mental models undergraduate engineering students deploy when asked to create explanations for phenomena or processes and/or use a given model in the same context. Student responses to a specially designed written questionnaire are quantitatively analyzed using…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Science Instruction, Questionnaires
Reichert, Jacqueline A. – Online Submission, 2007
Ninety teachers of students with learning disabilities were asked their opinions on one of three research-based interventions for learning disabilities: Cooperative Learning, Story Retelling and School-Home Notes (Rathvon, 1999). The purpose of the study was to measure teacher acceptance ratings of these interventions and whether teacher…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Learning Disabilities, Story Telling
Faulkner, Jane B. – 2002
Institutional accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental activity administered by the eight postsecondary accrediting institutions that are part of the six regional associations that serve colleges and universities in the United States. The author cites W. Edwards Deming's work on corporate quality improvement, and its applicability to…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Educational Research, Institutional Administration
Grube, Joel W.; Keefe, Deborah B.; Stewart, Kathryn – Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 2002
People who care about young people are aware of the serious problems caused by underage alcohol use. They should also be aware that there are many effective strategies for reducing underage drinking, and every state and community should be using these strategies. The "Guide to Conducting Youth Surveys" provides information about one important tool…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drinking, Drug Use, Confidentiality