1. Welcome To EDP 656: Methodology of Ed Research
Dr. Kelly Bradley

2. Student Information
Name
Phone Number
Address
Fun Fact

3. Hello I am…
Name?
Major, Advisor?
Why are you here?
Fun fact?

4. Questions of the Day Syllabi Goals for the course My expectations
Course Content
What is research?
Research methods are used for…
Why study educational research?

5. Why study educational research?
To become research literate
Our society is driven by research
Improve critical thinking skills
To learn how to critique published research
To learn how to conduct research of your own
Because it is required

6. Research methods are used for…
Research methods are most often used for 2 major purposes:
To establish facts
Incidence of violence on high school campuses
Number of American adults over 18 engaging in physical exercise
To test (and establish) ‘causal’ explanations for established facts
Students who engage in explosive violence on high school campuses have been bullied at that school.
b. Men more often engage in physical exercise than women.

7. The word ‘research’ is derived from the Latin word meaning “to know”
What is research?
The word ‘research’ is derived from the Latin word meaning “to know”

8. Research is about answering questions, such as:
What do I want to know?
How do I want to gain knowledge?
Why do I want to know it?

9. Research can be seen as:
A group of assumptions; a strategy for knowledge; a belief system about evidence
An established body of evidence
A collection of methods, tools, and techniques
A purposeful or functional activity
A process carried on by people

10. Components of research as a belief system
Nature is orderly and regular
We can know nature
3. Knowledge is better than ignorance
4. All natural phenomena have natural causes
Nothing is self evident, but must be verified or falsified
6. Knowledge is derived from observation of nature

11. An established body of knowledge, research is the accumulation of evidence by researchers over time It provides a background against which claims for knowledge can be evaluated, and provides a way for researchers to communicate and compare their findings.

12. Research as a collection of methods, tools, and techniques forms the basis for most research texts and courses in research; its methods are what set it apart from other ways of acquiring knowledge.

13. As a purposeful or functional activity, research must justify the resources it consumes to accomplish its purposes.

14. When research is seen as a process carried on by people, questions can be asked:
Where do research topics come from?
Where is research done?
Who does research?
Who uses research?
How is it shared?
How is it funded?

15. Five objectives: Exploration Description Explanation Prediction
Generate ideas about something
Description
Describe the characteristics of something
Explanation
Show how and why a phenomenon operates as it does
causality and explanation usually go hand in hand
Prediction
Making accurate predications
Influence
Application of research results to impact the world

16. Research might be classified into the following categories:
Exploratory research
Descriptive research
Explanatory research
Predictive research

17. Good Luck… Enjoy the exploration!