Pluralizing Research Options in Special Education: A Roundtable Discussion.
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| Title: | Pluralizing Research Options in Special Education: A Roundtable Discussion. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Reid, D. Kim, Bunsen, Teresa D. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 1993 |
| Intended Audience: | Researchers |
| Document Type: | Speeches/Meeting Papers Opinion Papers |
| Descriptors: | Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Financial Support, Hypothesis Testing, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Special Education, Statistical Analysis |
| Geographic Terms: | U.S.; Colorado |
| Abstract: | This brief paper summarizes a roundtable discussion on the relative lack of use by special education researchers of a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Discussion addressed: (1) the types of knowledge that could be generated by using a wider range of research methods (e.g., structural equation modeling and associated methods can be useful in building theory and generating testable hypotheses); (2) reasons for the limited methods used in special education research (e.g., quantitative research is more likely to be funded); and (3) change strategies (e.g., improve education of potential researchers and advocate to funding agencies for knowledgeable review of qualitative research proposals). A table shows results of an analysis of the frequency of qualitative and quantitative research genre in five journals in the special education field. (DB) |
| Notes: | Summary of a discussion held at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Atlanta, GA, April 12-16, 1993). |
| Journal Code: | RIEAPR1994 |
| Entry Date: | 1994 |
| Accession Number: | ED364008 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This brief paper summarizes a roundtable discussion on the relative lack of use by special education researchers of a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Discussion addressed: (1) the types of knowledge that could be generated by using a wider range of research methods (e.g., structural equation modeling and associated methods can be useful in building theory and generating testable hypotheses); (2) reasons for the limited methods used in special education research (e.g., quantitative research is more likely to be funded); and (3) change strategies (e.g., improve education of potential researchers and advocate to funding agencies for knowledgeable review of qualitative research proposals). A table shows results of an analysis of the frequency of qualitative and quantitative research genre in five journals in the special education field. (DB) |
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