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ERIC Number: EJ415010
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
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
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Interpretive Research; Positivism