How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education

This is a comprehensive, flexible introduction to educational research. Its thorough coverage of the steps in the research process (part II), which includes end-of-chapter work sheets, make it suitable for courses that focus on doing research. It's coverage of the six most widely used research methodologies (part III), which includes step-by-step analyses of real research articles, makes it suitable for courses that stress how to read and understand research.