EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

This Work Facilitates An Understanding Of Education Research As A Scientific Method Aimed At Providing A Systematic And Rigorous Approach To Professional Knowledge. Readers Will Develop The Research Skills Necessary To Evaluate Interventions Designed To Bring About Change Within The Learning-Teaching Environment. More Specifically The Reader Will Develop The Knowledge And Skills Necessary To: (1) Promote Critical Skills For Developing Implementing And Critiquing Research Problems And Questions Appropriate To Educational Practice; (2) Select Appropriate Quantitative And Qualitative Approaches To Guide Research On A Particular Topic Including The Use Of Experimental Quasi-Experimental And Non-Experimental Designs; (3) Critique Existing Research In Terms Of Its Ability To Rule Out Other Possible Explanations For Purposes Of Generalizability; (4) Implement Procedures For Assuring Ethical Conduct Of Research. Dr. Takona Provides A Concise Easy To Understand Coverage Of Activities Comprised In Modern Education Research And Specifically Aims To Describe The Mechanics Of Education Research Within The Context Of Developing Nations.