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Using Educational Research: A School Administrator's Guide
Emil J. Haller, Cornell University
Paul F. Kleine, University of Oklahoma

ISBN-10: 0801316359
ISBN-13: 9780801316357

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2001
Format: Paper; 432 pp
Published: 11/02/2000

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This practical guide provides practicing and preservice school administrators with the skills needed to use educational research, rather than instructing them on how to conduct research. This distinction is made through the use of case studies to illustrate the theory presented.

  • After providing background information on understanding and using educational research in part 1, the authors apply the principles to actual academic settings in part 2. Pg.___
  • Real-world examples illustrate the benefit of using education research as part of the decision-making process. Pg.___
  • Current research gives students materials up-to-date tools with which to solve practical problems. Pg.___
  • Pragmatic approach by giving the student the necessary tools and knowledge to recognize the uses and limitations of research use, so they can use it intelligently when dealing with practical problems. Pg.___
  • Emphasizes the fundamental difference between reading research for administrative decision making( i.e. to arrive at a defensible course of action), and reading research to prepare for doing more research ( i.e. to prepare for the writing a dissertation). Pg.___



Preface.


Introduction.


 1. What is Research in Educational Administration?


 2. Research & Practice: The Case of EEO.


 3. Finding and Using Research to Address Educational Problems.


 4. Evaluating Research.


 5. Class Size in Irontown: Large Scale Experiments in Education.


 6. Cooperative Learning, Statistical Significance, and Effect Size.


 7. Teacher Empowerment and Qualitative Research.


 8. Quasi-Experimental Research Designs, External Validity, and the Matter of School Discipline.


 9. Correlational Designs, Parent Involvement,, and the Question and Causality.


10. School Climate and the Matter of Measurement.


In Conclusion.


Credits.


Name Index.


Subject Index.

For Introduction to Educational Administration / Leadership


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