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Maxwell, Joseph A. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2011
In this article, the author challenges the validity and usefulness of the concept of "paradigm," as this term has been used in the social sciences generally, and specifically in the debates over research methods. He emphasizes that in criticizing what he sees as the misuse of the paradigm concept, he is not arguing for dismissing or ignoring…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Methods Research, Models, Research Methodology
Hammersley, Martyn – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2008
There has been considerable discussion in recent years about the role in educational research of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews (SR). Advocacy of these methods arose partly as a result of the spread of the notion of evidence-based practice from medicine into other fields, and of the rise of the "new public…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Models, Foreign Countries, Case Studies