Research Methods
Research is one of the most important aspects of education. Not only does it help teachers gain funding, but also it helps teachers help students. Research involves six steps, where a researcher identify a research problem, review the literature, specifies a purpose, develops research questions, collects data, and analyzes and interprets data. These steps are critical for researchers. Not only is it important to follow the steps of research, but it is allow important to know which research to choose. Research methods determine what kind of research is being done. Quantitative research involves numbers, qualitative research involves words, and both mixed methods and action research combine both quantitative research and qualitative research.
The Research Process
The five major objectives of educational research include exploration, description, explanation, prediction, and influence. Research results from a desire to identify a research problem, which is a question or concern investigated. After identifying a research problem, the researcher reviews the literature. Depending on the type of research, review the literature may or may not be essential; for instance, quantitative research, which is based in numbers, relies heavily on literature. After the researcher identifies a research problem and reviews the literature, the researcher specifies a purpose and develops research questions. Then the researcher collects data. Finally, the researcher analyzes and interprets data. After reviewing all of the six steps, the researcher reports their research findings.
Strengths of Research Methodologies Used in Elementary Education
One type of research is quantitative research. Quantitative research uses an objective/unbiased approach to collecting numerical data from participants and analyzes these numbers using statistics in order to answer a specific, narrow research question. In elementary education, quantitative research can be used to improve
The Research Process
The five major objectives of educational research include exploration, description, explanation, prediction, and influence. Research results from a desire to identify a research problem, which is a question or concern investigated. After identifying a research problem, the researcher reviews the literature. Depending on the type of research, review the literature may or may not be essential; for instance, quantitative research, which is based in numbers, relies heavily on literature. After the researcher identifies a research problem and reviews the literature, the researcher specifies a purpose and develops research questions. Then the researcher collects data. Finally, the researcher analyzes and interprets data. After reviewing all of the six steps, the researcher reports their research findings.
Strengths of Research Methodologies Used in Elementary Education
One type of research is quantitative research. Quantitative research uses an objective/unbiased approach to collecting numerical data from participants and analyzes these numbers using statistics in order to answer a specific, narrow research question. In elementary education, quantitative research can be used to improve
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