Introduction to Research in Education - Hardcover

Ary, Donald; Jacobs, Lucy Cheser; Razavieh, Asghar; Sorensen, Christine K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0495601225 ISBN 13: 9780495601227

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

This book is designed for use in introductory courses in education research, which is a standard offering in nearly every graduate program in Schools and Colleges of Education. Courses are designed to provide students with an overview of quantitative and qualitative research methods, addressing such topics as research designs, sample selection, data collection, experimental research, and data analysis.

About this title

About the Author:

In addition to being a co-author of the first eight editions of INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN EDUCATION, Donald Ary co-authored two books in statistics, INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS: PURPOSES AND PROCEDURES (With L. C. Jacobs), and ANALYZING QUANTITATIVE BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION DATA (with H. K. Suen). He is also co-author of the educational psychology text, READINGS IN CLASSROOM LEARNING AND PERCEPTION (with R. J. Mueller and E. C. McCormick). He wrote chapters for three books and published 35 journal articles, six of them in Behavioral Assessment. He presented 30 papers at professional conferences, including 12 at the American Educational Research Association, and six at the Association for Behavioral Analysis. He taught research design, statistics, measurement, and educational psychology, first at Indiana University, then at Northern Illinois University. There, he was director of the Educational Psychology and Special Education Research Office and served as interim chair of the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education. He served as consultant to various educational offices in Illinois and to the Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Office of Education. He also served on the editorial board of Research in Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Ary had a B.S. in education from Wilmington College of Ohio, an M.S. in education from Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He was an elementary teacher for three years in Ohio and seven years with the U.S. Department of Defense Dependents' Schools in England.

Review:

"I would describe the text as being a very good introductory text for beginning graduate students. One that will provide them with a comprehensive coverage of quantitative educational research methods, and an overview introduction to qualitative research methods."

"Ary, et al is the most complete educational research text I've found."

"The students can use the information from this text as a guide when they create their own research studies as well as when they read various research studies. This text helps students to be better consumers of educational research."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0495601225
• ISBN 13: 9780495601227
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 696