Alternative Approaches for Studying Naturally Occurring Human Behavior and Thought in Special Education Research.

Jacob, Evelyn

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Publication Date: 1990

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Alternative Approaches for Studying Naturally Occurring Human Behavior and Thought in Special Education Research.

Jacob, Evelyn

Journal of Special Education, v24 n2 p195-211 Sum 1990

The paper discusses alternative research approaches to special education including positivist case studies, the interpretivist approach in general, and three variations within interpretivist anthropology--traditional ethnography, microethnography, and the study of everyday cognition. (DB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Disabilities, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography, Research Methodology, Special Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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