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Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, 5/E
James H. McMillan, Virginia Commonwealth University

ISBN-10: 0205508308
ISBN-13: 9780205508303

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 432 pp
Published: 03/26/2007

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This book 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 judge the usefulness of the findings for educational practice. There is extensive use of aids to facilitate student learning, including chapter roadmaps and concept maps, study questions, a book website, consumer tips, over 90 examples from published articles (including eight full length articles), and author reflections. The Fifth Edition includes a more extensive presentation of experimental and quasi-experimental design, consistent with the current emphasis on conducting “scientific research,” qualitative data analysis, effect size, and a new chapter devoted to mixed-method studies and action research.

  • The writing style of the book is informal, the language is nontechnical, and no prerequisite courses in measurement or statistics are needed.
  • “Anatomy of a Research Article” sections explain the parts and features of six recently published articles studies. (Chs. 1, 8, 9, 11, & 12)
  • Includes a balanced presentation of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed- method studies.
  • A conceptual introduction to inferential statistics is emphasized, including more extensive treatment of effect size.
  • Chapter roadmaps provide an overview of major learning objectives, “Personal Author Reflections” help students relate to the perspectives and experiences of the author, and “Using Educational Research” boxes apply research principles to contemporary issues to show students the relevance of content and to spark discussion.
  •  “Consumer Tips” in each chapter help students apply criteria to articles they read and understand what constitutes a “good” research study (Chs. 2-5, 7-13).
  • Strong pedagogical aids–including concept maps, key terms (defined in the margins), and study questions–help students retain and test their understanding of key concepts.
  • TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE–The book's Companion Website includes chapter outlines, sample questions, Internet links, and study questions to help students learn the material by taking practice tests and answering open-ended questions. For faculty, the Website contains course notes, class activities, links to pertinent sites, and more. http://www.ablongman.com/mcmillan5e

  • A new chapter on mixed-method and action research addresses important new developments in research.
  • Includes 97 examples and exerpts from published articles representing more than 50 different journals to illustrate the range of current thinking.
  • Revised Chapter 1 includes discussion of the nature of research consistent with Scientific Research in Education.
  • Includes expanded treatment of qualitative data analysis in response to instructor’s needs.
  • Treatment of experimental and quasi-experimental designs has also grown in response to user's needs.
  • More detail has been added to research ethics.
  • Heavily revised Chapter 3, Locating and Reviewing the Literature, consistent with new features of ERIC and online searching.
  • Expanded treatment of effect size with new material on limitations to statistical hypothesis testing.
  • A thoroughly updated chapter on using the Internet in educational research and web-based surveys and “Internet Connections” in most chapters help students access and use the vast amount of information on the World Wide Web (Ch. 4).
  • A new Exercise Manual available to be packaged with the text at no extra cost has been developed to provide more application exercises for students.
  • An Instructor’s Manual/Test Bank and Powerpoint Presentations are available online with this text to adopters by contacting your local representative.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Research in Education

Why Research?

Sources of Knowledge

Characteristics of Scientific Inquiry

Applying Systematic Inquiry to Education

Type of Educational Research

Educational Research Report Formats

Anatomy of a Research Article

 

Chapter 2: Research Problems, Variables and Hypotheses

Research Problems

Sources for Research Problems

Quantitative Research Problem Statements and Questions

Hypotheses

Qualitative Research Problem Statements and Questions

 

Chapter 3: Locating and Reviewing Related Literature

The Purpose of Reviewing Related Literature

Steps to Review Related Literature

 

Chapter 4: Using the Internet for Educational Research

Introduction to the Internet

Organization of Information on the World Wide Web

Internet Search Strategies

Beyond Web Pages: Scholarly Communication Strategies

Review of Education Web Sites

Statistics

Association and university web pages

Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

Using Educational Research: Internet Search Samples

 

Chapter 5: Subjects, Participants, and Sampling

What is a Participant, a Subject, and a Sample?

Types of Sampling Procedures for Quantitative Studies

Types of Sampling Procedures for Qualitative Studies

How Participants and Sampling Affect Research

 

Chapter 6: Foundations of Educational Measurement

Introduction to Measurement

Principles of Descriptive Statistics for Understanding Measurement

Validity of Measurement

Reliability of Measurement

 

Chapter 7: Types of Educational Measures

Classifying Educational Measures

Tests

Questionnaires

Observations

Interviews

Locating and Evaluating Educational Measures

 

Chapter 8: Nonexperimental Quantitative Research Designs

The Purpose of Nonexperimental Research

Descriptive Studies

Relationships in Nonexperimental Designs

Comparitive Studies

Correlational Studies

Casual-Comparitive Studies

Using Surveys in Nonexperimental Research

Anatomy of a Nonexperimental Quantitative Research Study

 

Chapter 9: Experimental and Single-Subject Research Designs

Characteristics of Experimental Research

Types of Experimental Designs

Single-Subject Designs

 

Chapter 10: Understanding Statistical Inferences

The Purpose and Nature of Inferential Statistics

Interpreting Results of Inferential Tests

 

Chapter 11: Qualitative Research Designs and Analysis

Introduction to Qualitative Research

Characteristics of Qualitative Research

Ethnographic Studies

Case Studies

Phenomenological Studies

Grounded Theory Studies

Credibility of Qualitative Studies

 

Chapter 12: Mixed Method and Action Research

Mixed Method Research

Action Research

 

Chapter 13: Analyzing Discussion and Conclusions

Purpose and Nature of the Discussion

Interpretations of the Results

Conclusions

 

Chapter 14: The Intelligent Consumer: Putting it all Together

Questions for Quantitative Studies

Questions for Qualitative Studies

Examples of Research Articles

 

 

 

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Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer, Fifth Edition

James H. McMillan

 

“Our faculty reviewed all the available texts in the field and felt Educational Research best fit our needs. We teach this course to a wide variety of students in a variety of majors (counseling, physical education, curriculum and instruction, educational administration, etc.) and it did the best job of providing for all these individual needs.”

–Steve Neill, Emporia State University

 

“I think the features add a nice element and are helpful for students to better understand the text. I direct students to the research articles and use some of the charts and tables in my lectures. I point out the outlines in the front of the chapters and direct them to the website for practice exam questions.”

–Anastasia Elder, Mississippi State University

 

 

Designed to help students become intelligent consumers of educational research, the fifth edition of this text introduces basic research principles to those who may later use research in their work. The author utilizes aids to facilitate student learning, including chapter concept maps, study questions, a book website, and more than 90 examples from published articles, including 11 full-length articles.

 

New features in this edition include the following:

  • Completely revised Chapter 3, Locating and Reviewing Related Literature, consistent with new features of ERIC and online searching
  • Revised Chapter 1, which now discusses the nature of research consistent with Scientific Research in Education
  • New chapter on mixed-method and action research
  • Expanded treatment of qualitative data analysis in response to instructor’s needs
  • More detail about research ethics
  • Examples and excerpts from published articles representing more than 50 different journals to illustrate the range of current thinking
  • A new Exercise Manual available to be packaged with the text at no extra cost developed to provide more application exercises for students

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