This Third Edition of Craig Mertler’s practical text helps readers every step of the way as they plan and execute their first educational research project. Offering balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative methods, an emphasis on ethics, and a wealth of new examples and concrete applications, the new edition continues to use conversational, nontechnical language to help students clearly understand and apply research concepts, principles, procedures, and terminology. Expanded coverage of foundations of research, an increased focus on integrating qualitative and quantitative research, and updated coverage of research questions and the tools of qualitative research bring the book thoroughly up-to-date, while streamlined coverage of statistics shows students how to do quantitative analysis in a straightforward way.
Table of Content
Part I • Initial Research Considerations
Chapter 1 • What Is Educational Research?
Chapter 2 • Overview of the Educational Research Process
Chapter 3 • Identifying a Research Problem
Chapter 4 • Ethics in Educational Research
Chapter 5 • Reviewing Related Research Literature
Part II • Designing a Research Study
Chapter 6 • Qualitative Research Methods
Chapter 7 • Quantitative Research Methods
Chapter 8 • Mixed-Methods Research
Chapter 9 • Action Research
Chapter 10 • Writing a Research Proposal
Part III • Collecting and Analyzing Data
Chapter 11 • Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis
Chapter 12 • Quantitative Data Collection
Chapter 13 • Quantitative Data Analysis
Part IV • The Research Report
Chapter 14 • Writing a Final Research Report
Appendix A: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Understanding Teacher Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Perceptions of Retention among Arizona Teachers
Appendix B: “It Is Who We Are. We Are Undocumented”: The Narrative of Two Undocumented Latino Male Students Attending a Community College
Appendix C: Dialogic Reading: Language and Preliteracy Outcomes for Young Children With Disabilities
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About the author
Craig A. Mertler is currently an Associate Professor of Action Research and Quantitative Methods at Barry University in Miami, Florida. He began his career as a high school biology teacher. He has been an educator for 39 years—29 of those in higher education at Bowling Green State University, the University of West Georgia, Lynn University, Arizona State University, and Barry University, and 12 years as an administrator (department chair, doctoral program director, and education dean). Over his career, he has taught courses focused on the application of action research to promote educator empowerment, school improvement, and job-embedded professional development, as well as classroom assessment, research methods, and statistical analyses. He has served as the research methodology expert and/or chair on more than 140 doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. He is the author of 30 books, 9 invited book chapters, and 25 refereed journal articles. He has also presented more than 40 research papers at professional meetings around the country, as well as internationally.He conducts workshops for in-service educational professionals (at all levels) on classroom-based action research and on the topics of classroom assessment and assessment literacy, as well as data-driven educational decision making. His primary research and consulting interests include classroom-based action research, data-driven educational decision making, professional learning communities, and classroom teachers’ assessment literacy. In his leisure time, he enjoys traveling with his family to the beach and sometimes writing a little fiction. Dr. Mertler can be reached at [email protected] for consulting, professional development, and speaking engagements. Additionally, you can visit his website at www.craigmertler.com.
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