In this book we will be looking at quantitative research methods in edu- cation. The book is structured to start with chapters on conceptual issues and designing quantitative research studies before going on to data analysis. While each chapter can be studied separately, a better under- standing will be reached by reading the book sequentially.
When I entered higher education as a lecturer about 20 years ago I was confused and slightly mistrustful about education academics’ obsession with theory, paradigm and the ‘ologies’, half-thinking that this pre- occupation with the vocabulary of the philosophy of science had not a little to do with Maureen Lipman’s ‘You get an ology, you’re a scientist!’ For those who didn’…
Increasingly multinational- and hence multicultural- societies have an impact on education and student achievement. Data from PISA 2003 and 2006 indicate that the educational challenges posed by family background, socio-economic context, and migration status are not only strongly linkerd to student outcomes
Many colleagues and students have contributed to this book – on both sides of the Atlantic, in formal discussion and conversation – some- times unwittingly. To all of them, thank you. In particular, thanks should go to Wayne Booth, whose conversations and collaborations with Marshall Gregory over four decades have been foundational to Gregory’s views about teaching, and to the many f…
An aspect of reporting which is different from teachers’ reporting and record keeping is the progress file, formerly called the record of achievement, and related to the portfolio. The change of name followed a review of the record of achievement in 19961 and 19972 as part of an overall review of education for 16 to 19-year- olds and the government’s Green Paper, Extend- ing Opportu…
Buku ini hadir sebagai penunjang pembelajaran di perguruan tinggi, khususnya bagi mahasiswa fakultas ekonomi
Dengan fokus pada aktivitas yang mendukung kelancaran transportasi laut, buku ini membahas berbagai bidang usaha penunjang, termasuk bongkar muat, freight forwarding, ekspedisi, dan penyewaan peralatan angkutan laut
The international convention on load lines, 1966, adopted by the international conference on load lines on April 1966