Educ 118 - Educational Research Midterm Exam

Educ 118 - Educational Research Midterm Exam What is research? - answerany sort of careful, systematic, patient student and investigation in some field of knowledge What is a research approach? - answerplans and the procedures for research that span the steps from broad assumption to detailed methods of data collection, analysis and interpretation qualitative - answerwords. understand the meaning of individuals or groups, inductive approach quantitative - answernumbers, test objective theories, deductive approach, based on theory, surveys what are the 3 approaches to research? - answer1. qualitative 2. quantitative 3. mixed methods what is mixed methods research? - answercollects both quantitative and qualitative data, involve philosophy & theory, additional insight to a research problem Philosophical worldviews - answera general philosophical orientation about the world postpostivism - answerdetermination, reductionism, empirical observation & measurement, theory verification constructivism - answerunderstanding, multiple participant meanings, social & historical construction, theory generation transformative - answerpolitical, power & justice oriented, collaborative, change-oriented pragmatism - answerconsequences of actions, problem-centered, pluralistic, real-world practice oriented research designs - answerprocedures of inquiry RD: quantitative - answerexperimental designs, nonexperiemental designs (surveys), longitudinal designs