Fundamentals of Educational Research

by James H. McMillan

Note: This is the loose-leaf version of Fundamentals of Educational Research and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with the loose-leaf version, use ISBN 0134013492. Accessible, contemporary, and thoughtful, Fundamentals of Educational Research helps readers become intelligent consumers of educational research and introduces basic research principles to those who may eventually use research in their work. Principles for conducting research and criteria for evaluating its overall credibility are presented in a concise manner, with numerous excerpts from published studies to enable readers to learn to read, understand, and evaluate research and to judge the usefulness of the findings for educational practice. The text facilitates learning with the inclusion of chapter objectives, roadmaps and concept maps, study questions, consumer tips, more than 175 examples from published articles, several full length articles, and author reflections. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded video and assessments. Improve mastery and retention with the Enhanced Pearson eText*
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Genres: Education, Nonfiction

464 pages, Unbound

First published January 5, 2015

Reviews

[Ed Barton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Useful Textbook

A number of reviews elsewhere really bring this book down. I disagree. The author makes legitimate and effective attempts at humor and approachability in the writing while conveying a broad survey of research methods for educational researchers. This is likely to be in the mix for reference as I work through my dissertation. Good textbook.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good overview of educational research. Delves into each type of research, the best practices, what to look for in evaluating research, and more. I found it very helpful in developing my research proposal for my M.Ed.

[Cato Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want a basic overview of research methods within education, this is the book for you.

It does a good job of giving you examples to help you better picture type of research and better understand.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was like a minefield of statistics and data interpretation. I appreciate it for its helpfulness in my journey toward a literature review but can't say I'd pick this up for light reading any time soon.

[Madison Jewell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent information if I ever wanted to conduct my own educational research. Super helpful in the class I was taking.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the author's voice that came through in the text book, it made it easier to read. Did a great job of breaking down different concepts.

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall this was a very informative book. It could be written in a way that is more entertaining and less dry though.