Experimental Methods category: 522 books
Research Methods in Applied Settings
An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
This text teaches readers how to plan, conduct, and write a research project and select and interpret data through its integrated approach to quantitative research methods. Although not a statistics book, students learn to master which technique to use when and how to analyze and interpret results,...
by James M. Johnston, Henry S. Pennypacker
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Almost entirely rewritten and reformatted with many more learning tools, this classic text now has even greater appeal to today’s students. This edition features much more discussion of how research methods are relevant for practitioners, and many examples are based on field research and service...
Research Design and Statistical Analysis
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Research Design and Statistical Analysis provides comprehensive coverage of the design principles and statistical concepts necessary to make sense of real data. The book’s goal is to provide a strong conceptual foundation to enable readers to generalize concepts to new research situations. Emphasis...
Single-case and Small-n Experimental Designs
A Practical Guide To Randomization Tests, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
This practical guide explains the use of randomization tests and provides example designs and macros for implementation in IBM SPSS and Excel. It reviews the theory and practice of single-case and small-n designs so readers can draw valid causal inferences from small-scale clinical studies. The macros...
by Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion, Keith Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This thoroughly updated and extended eighth edition of the long-running bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods employed by educational research at all stages. Its five main parts cover: the context of educational research; research design; methodologies for educational...
The Experimenter's A-Z of Mathematics
Math Activities with Computer Support
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Mathematics at all levels is about the joy in the discovery; it's about finding things out. This fascinating book is a guide to that discovery process, presenting ideas for practical classroom-based experiments and extension activities. Each experiment is based on the work of a key mathematician who...
History Education as Content, Methods or Orientation?
A Study of Curriculum Prescriptions, Teacher-made Tasks and Student Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Historical content, historical methods and historical orientation are three aspects that may be taught in history education. This study examines the emphases which are included in formal curricula texts and those which are included in teacher-made tasks. The results show that the curricula of history...
Cross-Cultural Analysis
Methods and Applications, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Intended to bridge the gap between the latest methodological developments and cross-cultural research, this interdisciplinary resource presents the latest strategies for analyzing cross-cultural data. Techniques are demonstrated through the use of applications that employ cross-national data sets...
Teaching with Digital Humanities
Tools and Methods for Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Jennifer Travis and Jessica DeSpain present a long-overdue collection of theoretical perspectives and case studies aimed at teaching nineteenth-century American literature using digital humanities tools and methods. Scholars foundational to the development of digital humanities join educators who...
Teaching As a Subversive Activity
A No-Holds-Barred Assault on Outdated Teaching Methods-with Dramatic and Practical Proposals on How Education Can Be Made Relevant to Today's World
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods—with dramatic and practical proposals on how education can be made relevant to today's world.
Praise for Teaching As a Subversive Activity
“A healthy dose of Postman and Weingartner is a good thing: if they make even a dent in...
Powerful Teacher Learning
What the Theatre Arts Teach about Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
This book offers an innovative approach to understanding and supporting teacher inquiry groups, Critical Friends Groups, “PLCs,” and other vehicles for the school-wide professional learning community. It takes the reader outside traditional sites of professional development for teachers and into...
Blended Learning in Practice
A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
A guide to both theory and practice of blended learning offering rigorous research, case studies, and methods for the assessment of educational effectiveness.
Blended learning combines traditional in-person learning with technology-enabled education. Its pedagogical aim is to merge the scale,...
Novum Organum II
Going beyond the Scientific Research Model
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
In 1620, the British politician and philosopher Francis Bacon published Novum Organum (New Method) and formalized the previously scattershot methods of scientific experimentation into a method able to be replicated. In due time, the Western world would build an intellectual empire on the basis of...
The Ethnographic I
A Methodological Novel about Autoethnography
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2004
A methodological textbook on autoethnography should be easily distinguishable from the standard methods text. Carolyn Ellis, the leading proponent of these methods, does not disappoint. She weaves both methodological advice and her own personal stories into an intriguing narrative about a fictional...