Applying Multiple Social Science Research Methods to Educational Problems:
A National Forum
Sponsored by
The National Research Council
The American Psychological Association
The American Educational Research Association
The National Science Foundation
December 14, 2004
National Research Council of the National Academies
Center for Education
Washington, D.C.
The Center for Education of the National Research Council, with support from the American Psychological Association, the American Educational Research Association, and the National Science Foundation, hosted this one-day forum to explore the use of multiple social science research methods in addressing educational problems. The application, fit, and articulation of different scientific research traditions to major issues relevant to educational policy and practice is a largely undeveloped area that is ripe for sustained inquiry and knowledge accumulation. The objective of this Forum is to begin to develop such knowledge by providing a focus on the application of multiple social science methods to educational problems. The Forum featured conceptual/theoretical discussions on the unique value and limitations of different social science research approaches (in both the quantitative and qualitative traditions) and how they might best be productively combined, along with illustrations of employing multiple methods successfully in small and large-scale research studies of important educational issues and problems. By providing both intellectual underpinnings and “real-world” examples of multiple-method scientific inquiries in education, this Forum will begin to bring researchers from different research traditions toward greater mutual understandings, and further the systematic application of true multiple methods inquiries in future educational research investigations.
You can earn 5 CE credits by reading selected transcripts and papers and taking the corresponding 55-question examination. Selected transcripts and papers are located at the National Academies website at
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cfe/Multiple_Methods_Workshop_Agenda.html
Step 1: Read the selected transcripts and papers
located at the National Academies website.
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take the test.
Step 4: Submit the test electronically.
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