Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1AFu7I19476; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:56:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:56:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s028b81f.073@mail.jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barbara Garner" <barbara_garner@worlded.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:964] Some basics on research X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1473 Lines: 34 One of the main goals of "Focus on Basics" is to foster a productive partnership between researchers and practitioners. Our very first issue asked leading scholars in the field of adult literacy to write about research and leading practitioners to write about how they use it. The issue includes articles on understanding quantitative and qualitative research, and on the role of teacher and action research. It's available on our web site at http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu/fob/1997/fob1pg1.htm It pre-dates the federal emphasis on research-based practice, but I think it's still timely. Let me know if you find it useful to this discussion. Barb Garner Editor, "Focus on Basics" NCSALL Barbara Garner Senior Program Officer email bgarner@worlded.org World Education phone (617) 482-9485 44 Farnsworth Street fax (617) 482-0617 Boston, MA 02210 >>> AWilder106@aol.com 2/10/2004 10:32:25 AM >>> And thank you, too, Ellie. For those interested in the structure of social science research, the framework I laid out is a general one, it applies to quantitative studies, also. I used Shirley Brice Heath as an example because there is a misconception that the quantitative framework is not the same as the qualitative one; this is incorrect. The data collection methods and analyses are different. The same framework can also cover the use of quantitative and qualitative methodologies within the same study. Andrea
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