Research and Evaluation Methods in Special Education [Paperback]

This excellent resource provides an approach to research and evaluation that helps educators better understand and address the needs of students with various disabilities.

This excellent resource provides an approach to research and evaluation that helps educators better understand and address the needs of students with various disabilities.

"In an era when government policy emphasizes scientifically based research (No Child Left Behind), this book provides an important resource in understanding what this means."

This is a superb book. I learned by reading it, and I found myself rethinking some of my own thinking about research on individuals with disabilities.

The authors have set for themselves a challenging task--to enable readers to design, conduct, report, and understand research in a way that transforms (when appropriate) the delivery of special education. What is even more amazing is it appears they have developed a guide that makes this task a reality. Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Introduction
Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion
2. Program Evaluation
Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion
3. Literature Review
Purposes of the Literature Review
Resources to Support the Literature Review
Reporting the Literature Review Method
Aggregating Information for a Literature Review
The Integrated Literature Review
Questions to Critically Analyze the Literature Review
Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion
4. Quantitative Research Methods: Questions of Impact
Philosophical Assumptions Associated With Quantitative Research
Questions and Activities for Application and Discussion
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