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Doing case study research : a practical guide for beginning researchers / Dawson R. Hancock, Bob Algozzine.
Van Pelt Library LB1028 .H313 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hancock, Dawson R., author.
- Algozzine, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Research--Methodology.
- Education.
- Education--Research--Case studies.
- Education--Research.
- Case method.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 116 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Part I Foundations
- 1 Scientific Inquiry 3
- Content Review 5
- Activities and Applications 6
- 2 Qualitative and Quantitative Research 7
- Illustrations from Practice 10
- Content Review 10
- Activities and Applications 10
- Part II Stages of Doing Case Study Research
- 3 Setting the Stage 15
- What Has Been Studied Using Case Study Research? 16
- Illustrations from Practice 29
- Content Review 31
- Activities and Applications 31
- 4 Determining What We Know 32
- How to Do a Literature Review 34
- Illustrations from Practice 34
- Content Review 36
- Activities and Applications 36
- 5 Selecting a Design 37
- Relations Between Design and Method 40
- Illustrations from Practice 40
- Content Review 44
- Activities and Applications 45
- 6 Gathering Information from Interviews 46
- Illustration from Practice 48
- Content Review 52
- Activities and Applications 52
- 7 Gathering Information from Observations 53
- Design Illustrations 54
- Illustrations from Practice 54
- Content Review 56
- Activities and Applications 56
- 8 Gathering information from Documents 57
- Authenticity of Documents 58
- Questions to Answer When Gathering Information from Documents 59
- Illustrations from Practice 60
- Content Review 61
- Activities and Applications 61
- 9 Summarizing and Interpreting the Information 62
- Design illustration: Thinking About Method 63
- Illustrations from Practice 64
- Content Review 65
- Activities and Applications 66
- 10 Reporting Findings 67
- How to Synthesize Findings 68
- Design Illustration 69
- Content Review 70
- Activities and Applications 70
- 11 Confirming Case Study Findings 71
- Illustrations from Practice 72
- Content Review 73
- Activities and Applications 73
- Part III Putting it All Together
- 12 Preparing Proposals for Case Study Research 77
- Introduction 77
- Review of Literature 78
- Method 78
- Supporting Materials 79
- Frequently Asked Questions About Research Proposals 79
- Content Review 83
- Activities and Applications 83
- 13 Disseminating Case Study Research 84
- Introduction 85
- Method 85
- Results 86
- Discussion 86
- Content Review 87
- Activities and Applications for Prospective Researchers 87.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780807758137
- 0807758132
- OCLC:
- 960762437
- Publisher Number:
- 99970478926
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