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Publication Date: 2016
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Designs, Techniques, and Reporting Strategies in Geography Education: A Review of Research Methods
Zadrozny, Joann; McClure, Caroline; Lee, Jinhee; Jo, Injeong
Review of International Geographical Education Online, v6 n3 p216-233 Win 2016
A wide variety of research is being completed and published in geography education. The purpose of this article is to provide a general overview of the different types of methodologies, research designs, and techniques used by geography education researchers. Analyzing three geography education journals, we found 191 research articles published about geography education, of which, 55 used a quantitative design, 65 used a qualitative design, and 71 used mixed methods. This article highlights specific articles to provide examples of how a variety of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods techniques were conducted and presented in the literature. The implications of this article is to provide geography education researchers with guidance when reporting research results in an effort to promote replicability and longitudinal research. Geography education benefits from all types of methodological designs and techniques, each serving a different purpose based upon the individuals' inquires and research questions.
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Research Methodology, Research Design, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Periodicals, Content Analysis, Mixed Methods Research, Longitudinal Studies, Educational Benefits, Statistical Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Coding, Journal Articles, Replication (Evaluation), Literature Reviews
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