Pearson eText Educational Research: Fundamental Principles and Methods -- Instant Access (Pearson+)

This title is available via Pearson+ and includes an eTextbook with audio on most titles. Pearson+ also offers expert videos, notes, and flashcards so you can learn anyway you like. For courses in Introduction to Research Methods (Educational Research). Accessible, contemporary, and thoughtful Educational Research educates students to become intelligent consumers of educational research and introduces basic research principles to those who may eventually use research in their work. Principles for conducting research and criteria for evaluating its overall credibility are presented in a concise manner, with numerous excerpts from published studies to enable students to learn to read, understand, and evaluate research and to judge the usefulness of the findings for educational practice. The text facilitates student learning with the inclusion of chapter objectives, roadmaps and concept maps, study questions, consumer tips, more than 175 examples from published articles, several full-length articles, and author reflections. A non-technical, engaging, and conversational resource which enhances understanding of, and a positive attitude toward research, this book emphasizes how to conduct research and includes a concise presentation of information, comprehensive summary of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods designs, and extensive use of excerpts from published studies. The 8th Edition has been fully revised and includes a new chapter on qualitative data analysis, a new chapter on writing research proposals, new research articles excerpts, and more.