Conducting Educational Research: A Comparative View

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Emphasizing the comparative aspects of research, this introduction to educational research traces the process through five stageschoosing what to study, including specifying the research problem; collecting information; organizing and summarizing information; interpreting results; and reporting the outcomes. Each of the stages offers diverse options available to researchers for solving the problems of that stage, and a research project checklist at the end of each chapter guides readers in applying the chapter's contents to their own research studies. In much educational discourse, comparative education has referred solely to the study of educational similarities and differences between regions of the world or between two or more nations. This book uses the broader definition of the term to encompass a large body of research including studies focusing on comparisons between local educational systems, schools, classrooms, language groups, religious denominations, genders, social classes, and individual students. Students who are planning research projects as well as staff members of such organizations as ministries of education, school systems, bureaus of educational research, and educational aid agencies will find this volume indispensable.

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This guide to educational research is well written, easily understood with lots of interesting, practical examples and a checklist following each chapter to help you put your research project into perpective and show what you've done and what you need to do....This book is for anyone beginning a research project and would make a great gift for someone struggling to learn about educational research.-Learning Assistance Professional Discussion Group
"This guide to educational research is well written, easily understood with lots of interesting, practical examples and a checklist following each chapter to help you put your research project into perpective and show what you've done and what you need to do....This book is for anyone beginning a research project and would make a great gift for someone struggling to learn about educational research."-Learning Assistance Professional Discussion Group

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R. Murray Thomas is professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.