Launching a Research Project: Why and How to Get Started.

Pollard, Rita; Duignan, Wendy L.

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ERIC Number: EJ417065

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Publication Date: 1989

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Launching a Research Project: Why and How to Get Started.

Pollard, Rita; Duignan, Wendy L.

Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v5 n2 p55-61 Spr 1989

Urges developmental educators to undertake classroom research. Offers guidance on the formulation of research questions. Compares four research methodologies: correlational, experimental, descriptive, and ethnographic research. Reviews potential problems. (DMM)

Descriptors: Classroom Research, Ethnography, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Qualitative Research, Remedial Instruction, Research Design, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Available from New York College Learning Skills Association, c/o Developmental Studies Division, Community College of the Finger Lakes, Canandaigua, NY 11424 ($20.00 per volume for non-NYCLSA members).