PART I: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1    Using Research Evidence to Improve Educational Practice

Chapter 2    Doing Your Own Research: From Proposal to Final Report

PART II: APPLYING EXISTING RESEARCH STUDIES TO PROBLEMS

   OF PRACTICE

Chapter 3    Conducting and Writing Your Own Literature Review

Chapter 4    Using Search Engines in a Literature Review

Chapter 5    Making Use of Available Literature Reviews 

PART III: USING QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY TO STUDY

  PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE

Chapter 6    Analyzing and Evaluating Reports of Quantitative Research Studies

Chapter 7    Using Descriptive Statistics to Study Problems of Practice

Chapter 8    The Practical Significance of Statistical Results

Chapter 9    Tests of Statistical Significance 

Chapter 10 Descriptive Research 

Chapter 11 Group-Comparison Research 

Chapter 12 Correlational Research

Chapter 13 Experimental Research

PART IV: USING QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY TO STUDY

  PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE

Chapter 14 Case Study Research

Chapter 15 Narrative Research 

Chapter 16 Ethnographic and Critical Ethnographic Research

Chapter 17 Historical Research  

PART V: COMBINING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE  

Chapter 18 Mixed-Methods Research

PART VI: USING OTHER METHODOLOGIES TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE

Chapter 19    Action Research

Chapter 20 Evaluation Research

SELF-CHECK TEST ANSWERS

APPENDICES

1. Guide for Outlining a Quantitative  or Qualitative Research Proposal

2. Questions To Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Report of a Quantitative Study

3. Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Report of a Qualitative Study

4. Design-Specific Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a Research Report