Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I: Introduction to Education Research -- Chapter 1: Overview of Research Processes and Products -- Chapter 2: Overview of Research Problems and Methods -- Part II: Research Problems, Participants, and Instrumentation -- Chapter 3: Problem Statements and Literature Reviews -- Chapter 4: Participant Procedures -- Chapter 5: Instrumentation Procedures -- Part III: Methods and Results for Quantitative Studies -- Chapter 6: Design Procedures for Experimental Research -- Chapter 7: Design Procedures for Descriptive Research -- Chapter 8: Descriptive Statistical Data Analyses and Results -- Chapter 9: Inferential Statistical Data Analyses and Results -- Part IV: Methods for Qualitative Studies -- Chapter 10: Qualitative Research Procedures and Results --Chapter 11: Historical Research Procedures and Results -- Part V: Integration of Research Problems, Methods, and Outcomes -- Chapter 12: Discussion of Results -- Chapter 13: Creation of Research Problems and Literature Reviews -- Chapter 14: Creation of Proposals for Research Projects Answers to Selected Exercises -- Appendix A: Research Reports -- Appendix B: Data Collection Strategies -- Appendix C: Inferential Statistical Tests References Glossary Index

Are your beginning students sometimes overwhelmed by the prospect of reading research articles or writing a research proposal? Is research a mystery to them? Attempting to answer these questions, this text takes a practical approach to educational research for beginning students. It helps them learn to read research reports.