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This is a useful and essential book for graduate students who want to have a solid understanding of research and dissemination of results. I use this book as a complementary textbook for my Educational research course.
The textbook meets the needs of our program, i.e., with a practical focus on research that is useful for clinicians in training.
This text will be used in my summer 2014 methods class. It really allows for students to understand research in a meaningful way.
very practical, clear writing style; accessible to undergraduate students; straight forward and thorough presentation of concepts.
This is a really useful text which I will be strongly recommending to my students. There is an excellent breadth of topics meaning that it is useful for all the students on our wide variety of courses.
easy to read and thorough coverage of material for upper level undergraduates
Very good introductory book for teaching students how to read research. I use it for an interdisciplinary class for first year master's students. They each enter the class with a range of academic experiences and backgrounds. This book is a good place to start.
Book is exactly the right level for our master's program that serves practitioners who need to understand research (but not necessarily conduct it).
We liked this book but are reflecting on which course it might be used in other than the DOL 720 Critical Inquiry course for which we were considering it. I would highly recommend the book it simply didn't work in the course for which we were reviewing it.
required text
I have made this book a recommended text for introduction to research course for undergraduates. It gives clear outline of how to read research papers, and it is extremely comprehensive. I made it recommended instead of required because some students may find it out of their reach. If the course were geared to honors-level undergraduates, I would have made it required, but these are ordinary undergraduates who are only taking the course because it is required.
Clear language and easy for undergraduates to understand.
For the first doctoral class, this text is excellent as it helps students understand how to review journal articles - a skill that is critical for success in graduate studies. The class is the very first doctoral class, and the first research methods class, thus the skills of reading, analyzing and synthesizing literature are paramount to their ability to write good research-based papers.
accessible, flexible, clear writing, well suited for the specific application in our introductory graduate course
Liked the changes from the 2nd edition. Students in the course found the text useful and keep it as a reference.
This will be a great text for students beginning graduate school. It will be helpful to them as they write papers and read research papers for class discussion.
The authors give concrete advice for a beginner who is reading research reports. In addition to that, the authors use a very clear writing style to convey major concepts. The "Graphic Tools" section in Chapter 3 provides a practical exercise for students to visualize the components of a research project, which makes a perfect assignment for students in the early stages of a research course!
Clear and easy to read with great information and examples
Provides a thorough overview of reading and understanding research--appropriate for our beginning level reserach class.
