Educational research is the systematic inquiry into a research question of interest. What generally differentiates such research from other types of rigorous inquiry is, most typically, the problem on which the work is centered. Although the field is broad, leaving much room for rigorous analysis of a wide variety of questions under one umbrella, ultimately all such studies carry with them an assumption of benefiting education. In the case of medical education, educational research has the potential to ultimately benefit patients. One of the first steps in educational research design is to determine the adequacy of the design for answering the research question. This column reviews several of the main quantitative and qualitative educational research designs and their utility. It follows from an earlier editorial (1) that emphasized the responsibility of authors to provide a relatively comprehensive description of the study design to enable critical appraisal and assessment of the validity of the findings. One of our goals is to educate the reader and prospective researcher about the range of educational research designs, their applicability, and strengths and weaknesses. In understanding the value of each of the methodological approaches discussed in this column, the prospective researcher must first
Educational Research Questions and Study Design
Abstract
Educational research is the systematic inquiry into a research question of interest. What generally differentiates such research from other types of rigorous inquiry is, most typically, the problem on which the work is centered. Although the field is broad, leaving much room for rigorous analysis of a wide variety of questions under one umbrella, ultimately all such studies carry with them an assumption of benefiting education. In the case of medical education, educational research has the potential to ultimately benefit patients. One of the first steps in educational research design is to determine the adequacy of the design for answering the research question. This column reviews several of the main quantitative and qualitative educational research designs and their utility. It follows from an earlier editorial (1) that emphasized the responsibility of authors to provide a relatively comprehensive description of the study design to enable critical appraisal and assessment of the validity of the findings. One of our goals is to educate the reader and prospective researcher about the range of educational research designs, their applicability, and strengths and weaknesses. In understanding the value of each of the methodological approaches discussed in this column, the prospective researcher must first
Loading next page...
If you're having problem loading pages
Try our single-page mode to load one page at a time
Preview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
/lp/american-psychiatric-publishing-inc-journal/educational-research-questions-and-study-design-WTRHWx6TMu
Welcome to DeepDyve! Rent Premier Research Articles and Save Up to 90%
Preview Only
Educational Research Questions and Study Design
Horn, Catherine; Plazas Snyder, Blanca; Coverdale, John H.; Louie, Alan K.; Roberts, Laura Weiss
Follow Academic Psychiatry
, Volume 33 (3): 261
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – May 1, 2009
More Info
More Like This Article
View All dataSource[]=actageo&dataSource[]=aspet&dataSource[]=aaos&dataSource[]=aacc&dataSource[]=aacr&dataSource[]=aea&dataSource[]=aip&dataSource[]=ajnr&dataSource[]=ams&dataSource[]=aps_physical&dataSource[]=appi_book&dataSource[]=appi_journal&dataSource[]=apha&dataSource[]=asip&dataSource[]=asm&dataSource[]=asn&dataSource[]=aspb&dataSource[]=avs&dataSource[]=annual_reviews&dataSource[]=arxiv&dataSource[]=acm&dataSource[]=berghahn&dataSource[]=cabi&dataSource[]=clinical_trials&dataSource[]=dailymed&dataSource[]=degruyter&dataSource[]=du_press&dataSource[]=esa&dataSource[]=eu_press&dataSource[]=elsevier&dataSource[]=emerald&dataSource[]=ejtr&dataSource[]=emea&dataSource[]=epo&dataSource[]=faseb&dataSource[]=gsa&dataSource[]=health_affairs&dataSource[]=hindawi&dataSource[]=imanager&dataSource[]=imedpub&dataSource[]=informa_healthcare&dataSource[]=informs&dataSource[]=iop&dataSource[]=iucr&dataSource[]=iospress&dataSource[]=jbjs&dataSource[]=leftcoast&dataSource[]=lu_press&dataSource[]=mesharpe&dataSource[]=mary_ann_liebert&dataSource[]=medline&dataSource[]=mit_press&dataSource[]=nature&dataSource[]=oxford&dataSource[]=pier_professional&dataSource[]=pnas&dataSource[]=portlandpress&dataSource[]=psyc_articles&dataSource[]=psyc_books&dataSource[]=psyc_critiques&dataSource[]=plos_journal&dataSource[]=pubmed_central&dataSource[]=rsna&dataSource[]=rockefeller&dataSource[]=rcn&dataSource[]=ria&dataSource[]=rsc&dataSource[]=sage&dataSource[]=spie&dataSource[]=springer_journal&dataSource[]=springer&dataSource[]=taylor_francis&dataSource[]=aps&dataSource[]=the_scientist&dataSource[]=uc_press&dataSource[]=uspto_abstract&dataSource[]=wiley&dataSource[]=pct
© 2012 DeepDyve, Inc. All rights reserved.
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy
