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Matuk, Camillia; Yetman-Michaelson, Lucy; Martin, Rebecca; Vasudevan, Veena; Burgas, Kim; Davidesco, Ido; Shevchenko, Yury; Chaloner, Kim; Dikker, Suzanne – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
Citizen science programs offer opportunities for K-12 students to engage in authentic science inquiry. However, these programs often fall short of including learners as agents in the entire process, and thus contrast with the growing open science movement within scientific communities. Notably, study ideation and peer review, which are central to…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Access to Information, Research Design, Peer Evaluation
Urban, Jennifer Brown; van Eeden-Moorefield, Bradley Matheus – APA Books, 2017
Designing your own study and writing your research proposal takes time, often more so than conducting the study. This practical, accessible guide walks you through the entire process. You will learn to identify and narrow your research topic, develop your research question, design your study, and choose appropriate sampling and measurement…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Student Research, Research Proposals, Research Design
Glesne, Corrine – Pearson, 2016
Beginning researchers get an overview of qualitative research through a concise look at the practice of conducting research and the theory and debates that keep qualitative inquiry vibrant. Ideal for introducing the novice researcher to the theory and practice of qualitative research, this text opens students to the diverse possibilities within…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Proposals
Ondrusek, Anita L.; Thiele, Harold E.; Yang, Changwoo – College & Research Libraries, 2014
The authors examined abstracts written by graduate students for their research proposals as a requirement for a course in research methods in a distance learning MLIS program. The students learned under three instructional conditions that involved varying levels of access to worked examples created from abstracts representing research in the LIS…
Descriptors: Documentation, Masters Programs, Student Research, Graduate Students
Silverman, Stephen – Quest, 2012
This article addresses research preparation for graduate students. A major assumption is that preparation needs to be differentiated based on a student's goals. Since this is a personal proposal for research preparation, based on experience and the literature, I begin the article providing my perspective since that frames what follows. The next…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Graduate Students, Methods Courses, Educational Researchers
Brookes, Ian; Archibald, Sylvia; McInnes, Kerry; Cross, Beth; Daniel, Brigid; Johnson, Fiona – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Although co-production of research with people who access support services is increasingly common, details about how people who access support services can take more of an assertive role in developing research proposals and method design remains sketchy. This article reflects on the development of a research project on adult protection practice in…
Descriptors: Research Design, Disabilities, Research Proposals, Foreign Countries
Paulus, Trena M.; Phipps, Gina; Harrison, John; Varga, Mary Alice – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2012
Within the field of instructional technology, scholars have long worked to define the scope and purpose of research and its role in informing practice. Increasingly, researchers outside of the instructional technology field are conducting studies to examine their use of technology in educational contexts. Few studies have been done on how…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Educational Strategies, Educational Technology, Content Analysis
Seale, Clive, Ed. – SAGE Publications Ltd (CA), 2012
Clear, coherent and trusted, this book is the perfect guide to the main social research methods in use today. The much anticipated Third Edition of Clive Seale's bestselling title further expands its coverage to provide an authoritative introduction to all of the social research methods used to analyze qualitative and quantitative data. Written by…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
Hays, Danica G.; Singh, Anneliese A. – Guilford Publications, 2011
This highly readable text demystifies the qualitative research process--and helps readers conceptualize their own studies--by organizing the different research paradigms and traditions into coherent clusters. Real-world examples and firsthand perspectives illustrate the research process; instructive exercises and activities build on each other so…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Qualitative Research, Discussion, Research Methodology

Lyons, Charles M. – Research in Rural Education, 1983
Introduces the process by which Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) review proposals for research involving human subjects. Describes the composition of IRBs. Presents the Nuremberg code, the elements of informed consent, the judging criteria for proposals, and a sample protocol format. References newly published regulations governing research with…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Proposals
Christ, Thomas W. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2009
Teaching mixed methods research is difficult. This longitudinal explanatory study examined how two classes were designed, taught, and evaluated. Curriculum, Research, and Teaching (EDCS-606) and Mixed Methods Research (EDCS-780) used a research proposal generation process to highlight the importance of the purpose, research question and…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Methods Research, Research Proposals, Evaluation

Lindeman, Carol A.; Schantz, Donna – Journal of Nursing Administration, 1982
The authors examine the characteristics of a good research question and present a building-block approach for refining the question. They discuss the framework, how to formulate the question, and how to refine the question. A glossary of research terms is also included. (Editor/CT)
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Projects, Research Proposals

Gray, Bradford H.; And Others – Science, 1978
Reported is a study of the activities and performance of institutional review boards to protect human research subjects. Institutional review boards had some direct impact on half of the proposals reviewed. The data raised questions about the effectiveness of some review board action. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Research, Research Design
Rubba, Peter A. – 1984
Guidelines for research proposal preparation are presented to assist graduate students. The following components of educational research proposals are described: title page, introduction, methodology, schedule and budget, and bibliography or references. The introductory section enables the researcher to: define the study's purpose, review relevant…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Guidelines, Higher Education, Proposal Writing
Campbell, Patricia B. – 1981
The effects of racism and sexism can be seen in the various elements of research methods including the selection of topics, design, sampling, measurement, and the generation of conclusions. In selecting topics, potential sources of bias such as funding sources and publishing patterns are covered. How knowledge of appropriate literature, selection…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Proposals