Learning Sciences Research for Teaching

ISBN-13: 9781138902893 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 354 str.

Jan C. W. Van Aalst; Crina Damsa; Jin Mu

Opis

Often, required research methods courses seem tangential or distant from the goal of teaching Masters programs. This well-organized volume from learning sciences addresses this issue, introducing methods in a thorough but approachable way specifically meant to help teachers use research to augment their teaching. Identifying qualitative and quantitative approaches, analyzing key methods, and describing how teachers can use these tools to effectively adapt research for their own classrooms, this is a practical toolkit grounded in a deep understanding of both the present and future of the field.

Spis treści

Part I: Foundations 1. Opening the conversation 2. Using research in professional development 3. Elementary Statistics 4. Accessing the Research Literature 5. The Research Article 6. Science, social science, and the "post" discourses 7. Validity, integrity, and impact Part II: Selected Approaches 8. Experimental Research 9. Case Studies and Ethnography 10. Design research Part III: Selected Methods 11. Quantitative instruments 12. Estimation and hypothesis testing 13. Correlation and linear regression analysis 14. Analysis of Experiments 15. Learning Analytics 16. Collecting and Processing Qualitative Data 17. Qualitative data analysis Appendices