Educational Research

About the Book

This work facilitates an understanding of education research as a scientific method aimed at providing a systematic and rigorous approach to professional knowledge. Readers will develop the research skills necessary to evaluate interventions designed to bring about change within the learning-teaching environment. More specifically, the reader will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to:
(1) promote critical skills for developing, implementing, and critiquing research problems and questions appropriate to educational practice;
(2) select appropriate quantitative and qualitative approaches to guide research on a particular topic, including the use of experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental designs;
(3) critique existing research in terms of its ability to rule out other possible explanations for purposes of generalizability;
(4) implement procedures for assuring ethical conduct of research.

Dr. Takona provides a concise, easy to understand coverage of activities comprised in modern education research and specifically aims to describe the mechanics of education research within the context of developing nations.

About the Author

Received his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Loyola University of Chicago. James P. Takona's research agenda has focused on design and evaluation of programs and assessment protocols in higher education. Also serves in national and international organization consultant teams in the area of curriculum design, implementation, assessment and evaluation. Prof. Takona is widely published as author/co-editor of three textbooks in assessments as well as several other non-fiction books. He as an expansive list of published articles and monographs in national and international journals. Takona is an Associate Professor of Technology and Media at LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, Tennessee.