Research, Education 

Contents:
PART I: Introduction
1. The Nature of Educational Research 2
Contributions of Research to Knowledge about Education 3
Description 3
Prediction 4
Improvement 5
Explanation 6
Uses of Theory 8
Approaches to Theory Development 8
Example of Theory Testing 9
Application of Research to Educational Practice 10
Limitations of Research Knowledge 12
The Importance of Basic Research 14
Funding for Educational Research 15
Epistemological Issues in Educational Research 15
Positivism and Postpositivism 15
Constructivism 21
Objective and Constructed Realities 23
Cases and Populations 24
Numerical and Verbal Representations of Social Reality 26
Mechanical, Interpretive, and Structural Views of Causation 28
Postmodernism 30
Quantitative and Qualitative Research 31
Mixed-Methods Research 32
A Definition of Research 34
Learning How to Do Educational Research 36
Self-Check Test 37
PART V: Approaches to Qualitative Research 445
14. Case Study Research 446
15. Qualitative Research Traditions 488
16. Historical Research 528
PART VI: Applications of Research 557
17. Evaluation Research 558
18. Action Research 597