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Kristin Cipollone – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
All research accounts are partial. Who we are--our biographies, experiences, ideological stances, and so on--affects the entirety of the research process. Who we are shapes what types of research questions we find interesting, how we frame our research objectives, how we collect data, how we analyze these data, and how we present our findings. In…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Case Studies, Researchers
Brookhart, Susan M. – ASCD, 2015
In this book, best-selling author Susan M. Brookhart helps teachers and administrators understand the critical elements and nuances of assessment data and how that information can best be used to inform improvement efforts in the school or district. Readers will learn: (1) What different kinds of data can--and cannot--tell us about student…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Student Evaluation, Data Analysis
Alison Hramiak – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
As a follow on to my earlier research with beginning teachers, in which I investigated their propensity for pedagogical change, when they faced difficult and unfamiliar cultural situations in school, this research was undertaken to test the findings on a larger scale. The research from which this case study is drawn uses a greater number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Change Agents
Lana Shklyar Nenide; Kate Sweeney; Gerard Costa; Neal M. Horen; Robert M. Corso; Jordana Ash, Contributor; Lynette Aytch, Contributor; Julie Betchkal, Contributor; Jean Budd, Contributor; Margo Candelaria, Contributor; Corinne G. Catalano, Contributor; Kimberly P. Diamond-Berry, Contributor; Faith Eidson, Contributor; Brandy Fox, Contributor; Keri Giordano, Contributor; Amy Hunter, Contributor; Harleen Hutchinson, Contributor; Nucha Isarowong, Contributor; Ashley McCormick, Contributor; Kelli McDermott, Contributor; Kaitlin Mulcahy, Contributor; Carmen Rosa Noroña, Contributor; Nichole Paradis, Contributor; Rebecca Parlakian, Contributor; Lindsay J. Pearson, Contributor; Thomas Rendon, Contributor; Julia Sayles, Contributor; Jayne Singer, Contributor; Staci Sontoski, Contributor; Kristin Tenney-Blackwell, Contributor; Mary Louise Hemmeter, Contributor – Brookes Publishing Company, 2025
Infant Mental Health (IMH) and the Pyramid Model (PM) are two frameworks with an important common goal: supporting the mental health and social-emotional well-being of infants, young children and their families. For the first time ever, one book integrates these two frameworks to create a more effective, knowledgeable, and responsive early…
Descriptors: Infants, Models, Mental Health, Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Jones, Gary – SAGE Publications Ltd (UK), 2018
There is a vast amount of research on what goes on in schools, but how can school leaders sort credible findings from dubious claims and use these to make informed decisions that benefit their schools? How can abstract ideas from research be translated into dynamic plans for action? This book is a practical guide to evidence-based school…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Leadership, Middle Management, Decision Making
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Santiago Berrezueta Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2023
The proceedings of the 18th edition of Latin American Conference on Learning Technologies (LACLO) demonstrates the developments in the research of learning science, learning resources, challenges and solutions. This Proceedings book showcases a collection of quality articles that explores and discusses trending topics in education in the upcoming…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Active Learning, Design, Telecommunications
Collins, Belva C. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2023
Distance education services are an effective way to meet the needs of students with disabilities, but few special educators get the preparation they need to conduct high-quality instruction remotely. All the fundamentals are in this one-of-a-kind guide, the first dedicated book on distance learning for special educators. With contributions from…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Distance Education, Students with Disabilities, Preschool Education
Eva Mikuska – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
The aim of this case study is to highlight the importance of piloting or pre-testing the research design (in this case, semi-structured interviews and narratives). Most textbooks offer minimal guidance about pre-testing the research design, and published reports rarely report whether the research was piloted and, if so, what were the results.…
Descriptors: Semi Structured Interviews, Research Methodology, Personal Narratives, Pilot Projects
Mellody, Maureen – National Academies Press, 2014
As the availability of high-throughput data-collection technologies, such as information-sensing mobile devices, remote sensing, internet log records, and wireless sensor networks has grown, science, engineering, and business have rapidly transitioned from striving to develop information from scant data to a situation in which the challenge is now…
Descriptors: Workshops, Training, Competence, Data Collection
Patrick Baughan – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
Phenomenography is a research approach that seeks to identify "variation" in experiences of a particular phenomenon among a sample population. It includes particular procedures for writing research questions, designing data collection tools, and analyzing findings. Sustainability in higher education has attracted considerable interest in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Sociology
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Martin, Payal; Zindel, Mariana; Nass, Sharyl – National Academies Press, 2018
Graduate medical education (GME) is critical to the career development of individual physicians, to the functioning of many teaching institutions, and to the production of our physician workforce. However, recent reports have called for substantial reform of GME. The current lack of established GME outcome measures limits our ability to assess the…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Educational Change, Physicians, Graduates
Johnston, Terri Chiara – Research Press Publishers, 2018
This book tackles basic issues involved in constructing sound functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and behavior intervention plans (BIPs). Written in the author's trademark conversational style, contents pinpoint ways to teach new skills and alternative behaviors to address behavioral challenges. Teachers, counselors, and others will learn how…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Modification, Intervention, Behavior Problems
Kaushalya Perera; Nathan Emmerich, Editor – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
Researchers regularly deal with ethical considerations when writing up their research. However, such considerations are rarely addressed in existing research ethics literature. Here, the focus tends to be on ethical considerations that arise in relation to research proposals and "protocols," that is, during the "process" of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Social Science Research, Writing (Composition), Research Proposals
Webber, Karen L., Ed.; Zheng, Henry, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
The continuing importance of data analytics is not lost on higher education leaders, who face a multitude of challenges, including increasing operating costs, dwindling state support, limits to tuition increases, and increased competition from the for-profit sector. To navigate these challenges, savvy leaders must leverage data to make sound…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Learning Analytics, Higher Education
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Zheng, Lanqin – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2021
This book highlights the importance of design in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) by proposing data-driven design and assessment. It addresses data-driven design, which focuses on the processing of data and on improving design quality based on analysis results, in three main sections. The first section explains how to design…
Descriptors: Data Use, Instructional Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
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