How To Use This Book
1. Introduction: Why Doesa Scientist Need to Read a Book about (Education) Research?
2. Research Design: The Question is the Thing
3. Big Ideas to Start With: What Do We Already Know about Teaching and Learning
4. Quantitative Methods: Show Me the Numbers
5. Qualitative and Interpretive Methods: Revealing Understanding
6. Publishing: We Celebrate Galileo Because He Bothered to Write It Down
7. Evaluation and Action Research: Investigations with Different Purposes
Wrapping it Up: Where Do We Go From Here?
References
Appendices
A. Test of Astronomy STandards (TOAST) Instrument
Attitudes Toward Science Inventory (ATSI)
Research Involving Human Subjects (IRB)
About the Authors