Informationen zum Autor Lawrence F. Locke is Professor Emeritus of Education and Physical Education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. A native of Connecticut, he received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Springfield College and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has written extensively on the production and utilization of research on teaching and teacher education. He has authored a number of books designed to assist non-specialists with the tasks of reading and understanding research. After many years residing in Sunderland, MA he now makes his home on Cape Cod, but with his wife, Professor Lorraine Goyette, he has spent much of each year writing, running, and exploring the Beartooth Mountains at Sky Ranch in Reed Point, MT. Klappentext Ideal for students, novice researchers, or professionals, this indispensable resource serves as a road map for readers who need to analyze and apply research findings. It helps them think critically about the credibility of what they are reading by shoThe only text of its kind to offer a practical 12-step process, this thoroughly-updated resource explains the basics of a research paper, how to look at the credibility of the research, how to select and read research with a critical eye, and how to understand the different types of research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Part I: The Nature and Uses of Research Reports Chapter 1: The Research Report Chapter 2: When to Believe What You Read: The Sources of Credibility Chapter 3: How to Select and Read Research Reports Chapter 4: The Use, Misuse, and Misunderstanding of Research Chapter 5: Types of Research: An Overview of Variety Part II: Quantitative Research Chapter 6: Quantitative Research Designs Chapter 7: Staying Organized When Reading a Quantitative Report Chapter 8: Explaining as a Tool for Learning to Read Reports Chapter 9: Reading Reports of Quantitative Research-Critically: Things to Notice and Questions to Ask Part III: Qualitative Research Chapter 10: The Paradigms for Qualitative Research Chapter 11: Staying Organized When Reading a Qualitative Report Chapter 12: Reading Reports of Qualitative Research-Critically: Things the Reader Should Expect Part IV: Reading Research Reviews Chapter 13: Staying Organized When Reading Research Reviews Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of Supplementary References Appendix B: Statistics: A Beginner s Guide References Name Index Subject Index About the Authors ...

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Lawrence F. Locke is Professor Emeritus of Education and Physical Education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. A native of Connecticut, he received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Springfield College and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has written extensively on the production and utilization of research on teaching and teacher education. He has authored a number of books designed to assist non-specialists with the tasks of reading and understanding research. After many years residing in Sunderland, MA he now makes his home on Cape Cod, but with his wife, Professor Lorraine Goyette, he has spent much of each year writing, running, and exploring the Beartooth Mountains at Sky Ranch in Reed Point, MT.

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Ideal for students, novice researchers, or professionals, this indispensable resource serves as a road map for readers who need to analyze and apply research findings. It helps them think critically about the credibility of what they are reading by sho

Zusammenfassung
The only text of its kind to offer a practical 12-step process, this thoroughly-updated resource explains the basics of a research paper, how to look at the credibility of the research, how to select and read research with a critical eye, and how to understand the different types of research.

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: The Nature and Uses of Research Reports
Chapter 1: The Research Report
Chapter 2: When to Believe What You Read: The Sources of Credibility
Chapter 3: How to Select and Read Research Reports
Chapter 4: The Use, Misuse, and Misunderstanding of Research
Chapter 5: Types of Research: An Overview of Variety
Part II: Quantitative Research
Chapter 6: Quantitative Research Designs
Chapter 7: Staying Organized When Reading a Quantitative Report
Chapter 8: Explaining as a Tool for Learning to Read Reports
Chapter 9: Reading Reports of Quantitative Research-Critically: Things to Notice and Questions to Ask
Part III: Qualitative Research
Chapter 10: The Paradigms for Qualitative Research
Chapter 11: Staying Organized When Reading a Qualitative Report
Chapter 12: Reading Reports of Qualitative Research-Critically: Things the Reader Should Expect
Part IV: Reading Research Reviews
Chapter 13: Staying Organized When Reading Research Reviews
Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of Supplementary References
Appendix B: Statistics: A Beginner s Guide
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Authors