Produced by Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), one of the nation’s foremost educational research and training organizations, An Education Research Primer gives educators a basic understanding of educational research, its guiding criteria, and its relevance to school-based decision-making. In clear and concise language the book summarizes the various types of educational research, explaining their diverse purposes and methods. For example, the difference between experimental research (studies involving control group trials) and descriptive research (based on descriptive information and relationships) is explained, including how each is designed to address different types of research questions, and why each might have different applications. The book also describes what’s involved in setting up a comparison control group and how some studies have randomized control groups while others do not. In addition, the book describes the different types of data collection methods used in research and how this can bear on the research findings.

An Education Research Primer: How to Understand, Evaluate and Use It

Education & Teaching

Lauer, Patricia A.

Schools & Teaching

Jossey-Bass

Classroom Strategies for Helping At-Risk Students

This resource for teachers synthesizes the results of 118 studies of students at risk of failure and identifies six general strategies proven to be positive interventions: whole class instruction, cognitively oriented instruction, small groups, tutoring, peer tutoring, and computer-assisted instruction. The authors describe each strategy in turn, analyze the research, and offer implications for deciding how to use the strategy in the classroom. The authors are affiliated with Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Classroom Strategies For Helping At-Risk Students

Barley, Zoe A.

Arens, Sheila A.

Snow, David

Assn for Supervision & Curriculum

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