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Suri, Harsh – Routledge Research in Education, 2013
Primary research in education and social sciences is marked by a diversity of methods and perspectives. How can we accommodate and reflect such diversity at the level of synthesizing research? What are the critical methodological decisions in the process of a research synthesis, and how do these decisions open up certain possibilities, while…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Inclusion, Synthesis
Whiston, Susan C.; Li, Peiwei – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2011
The authors provide a template for counseling researchers who are interested in quantitatively aggregating research findings. Meta-analytic studies can provide relevant information to the counseling field by systematically synthesizing studies performed by researchers from diverse fields. Methodologically sound meta-analyses require careful…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Researchers, Research Methodology, Coding
Stake, Robert E. – Guilford Publications, 2010
This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study. Rather than offering recipes for specific techniques, master storyteller Robert Stake stimulates readers to discover "how things work" in organizations, programs, communities, and other systems. Topics range from identifying a research question to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Action Research, Ethics, Research Methodology

Carlberg, Conrad G.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Journal of Special Education, 1984
In this introduction to the applicaton of meta-analysis as a quantitative synthesis technique, several alternative approaches to research synthesis are described. Their advantages and disadvantages, as compared to those of the techniques of meta-analysis. Decisions that must be faced by the prospective user of meta-analysis are described.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis, Research Methodology, Synthesis

Eysenck, H. J. – Journal of Special Education, 1984
The paper reviews objections to meta-analysis in psychotherapy. It is suggested that claims to inclusiveness and objectivity are not supported by the evidence, and that for most purposes the simplistic scoring systems of meta-analysis are not only useless, but may be counterproductive. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Psychotherapy, Research Methodology, Research Problems

Kavale, Kenneth A. – Journal of Special Education, 1984
The need for research synthesis is explored as well as the benefits of meta-analysis, particularly those related to understanding and explanation. The problems with traditional review methods are discussed, with special relevance to their failure to resolve problems. Finally, the findings from several meta-analyses are summarized and contrasted…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis, Research Methodology

Kulik, James A. – 1984
Several developments in the use of the new method of meta-analysis give cause for optimism. First, different meta-analysts are doing work in the same areas, leading to increased confidence in meta-analytic results. Second, meta-analysts are beginning to include raw data in their reports, which helps readers pinpoint the exact studies that lead to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Meta Analysis, Research, Research Methodology

Guskin, Samuel L. – Journal of Special Education, 1984
The paper discusses problems resulting from the substitution of meta-analysis for qualitative reviewing of special education research, employing H. Cooper's framework for assessing integrative research review and using illustrations from research on class placement and mainstreaming. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis, Research Methodology
Beling, Dorothy; And Others – 1984
The report reviews results of a project to examine pilot approaches to documenting the contributions of research in improving educational practice. The project abstracted 110 currently funded research projects in progress (to facilitate dissemination to the field), processed final reports of field-initiated and student-initiated research funded by…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disabilities, Information Dissemination, Research Methodology

Niemiec, Richard; Walberg, Herbert J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1987
Critical examination of reviews of the literature on computer-assisted instruction (CAI) compares and evaluates three traditional and 13 quantitative reviews. Synthesis of the findings indicates that typical effect of CAI is to raise outcome measures by 0.42 standard deviation units, placing average students at 66th percentile of control group…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Hedges, Larry V.; And Others – 1989
Methods for meta-analysis have evolved dramatically since Gene Glass first proposed the term in 1976. Since that time statistical and nonstatistical aspects of methodology for meta-analysis have been developing at a steady pace. This guide is an attempt to provide a practical introduction to rigorous procedures in the meta-analysis of social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Effect Size, Higher Education, Meta Analysis
Moon, Charles E.; And Others – 1986
Forty studies using one or more components of Lozanov's method of suggestive-accelerative learning and teaching were identified from a search of all issues of the "Journal of Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching." Fourteen studies contained sufficient statistics to compute effect sizes. The studies were coded according to substantive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Control Groups, Educational Research, Effect Size
Sawbridge, Stephen J. – 2001
This document is intended to help practitioners and researchers in the United Kingdom find and use Internet-based research resources dealing with raising achievement. The introduction discusses the state of research into school effectiveness in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Part A, which reviews available World Wide Web sites devoted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adoption (Ideas), Basic Skills