Generalizing from educational research : beyond qualitative and quantitative polarization / edited by Kadriye Ercikan and Wolff-Michael Roth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ercikan, Kadriye.

Roth, Wolff-Michael, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research--Methodology.

Education.

Physical Description:

x, 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2009.

Summary:

Tackling one of the most critical issues in education research today-how research methods are related to value and meaningfulness-this frontline volume achieves two purposes. First, it presents an integrated approach to educational inquiry that works toward a continuum instead of a dichotomy of generalizability, and looks at how this continuum might be related to types of research questions asked and how these questions should determine modes of inquiry. Second, it discusses and demonstrates the contributions of different data types and modes of research to generalizability of research findings, and to limitations of research findings that utilize a single approach.

International leaders in the field take the discussion of generalizing in education research to a level where claims are supported using multiple types of evidence. This volume pushes the field in a different direction, where the focus is on creating meaningful research findings that are not polarized by qualitative versus quantitative methodologies. The integrative approach allows readers to better understand possibilities and shortcomings of different types of research.

Contents:

Section I Generalizing Within and Beyond Populations and Contexts 9

2 Generalizability Theory and Its Contribution to the Discussion of the Generalizability of Research Findings / Richard J. Shavelson, Noreen M. Webb 13

3 The Testing of English Language Learners as a Stochastic Process: Population Misspecification, Measurement Error, and Overgeneralization / Guillermo Solano-Flores 33

Section II Combining and Contrasting Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence 49

4 Generalization from Qualitative Inquiry / Margaret Eisenhart 51

5 On Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning in Validity / Robert J. Mislevy, Pamela A. Moss, James P. Gee 67

6 Generalizability and Research Synthesis / Betsy J. Becker, Meng-Jia Wu 101

Section III How Research Use Mediates Generalization 123

7 Generalizability and Research Use Arguments / Lyle F. Bachman 127

8 Repetition, Difference, and Rising Up with Research in Education / Kenneth Tobin 149

9 Critical Realism, Policy, and Educational Research / Allan Luke 173

Section IV Rethinking the Relationship Between the General and the Particular 207

10 Limitations in Sample-to-Population Generalizing / Kadriye Ercikan 211

11 Phenomenological and Dialectical Perspectives on the Relation between the General and the Particular / Wolff-Michael Roth 235

12 Discussion of Key Issues in Generalizing in Educational Research / Edited by Kadriye Ercikan and Wolff-Michael Roth, Contributions from Lyle F. Bachman, Margaret Eisenhart, Robert J. Mislevy, Pamela A. Moss, Guillermo Solano-Flores, Kenneth Tobin|p265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415963817

0415963818

9780415963824

0415963826

9780203885376

0203885376

OCLC:

166361527