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Ronald H. Heck

In: The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education: Engaging Ideas and Enriching Inquiry

Chapter 21: Conceptualizing and Conducting Meaningful Research Studies in education

Edited by: Clifton F. Conrad & Ronald C. Serlin

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412976039.n21

Subject: Educational Research (general)

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Heck, R. (2006). Conceptualizing and conducting meaningful research studies in education. In C. F. Conrad & R. C. Serlin The SAGE handbook for research in education: Engaging ideas and enriching inquiry (pp. 373-392). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412976039.n21

Heck, Ronald H. "Conceptualizing and Conducting Meaningful Research Studies in education." In The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education: Engaging Ideas and Enriching Inquiry, 373-392. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2006. doi: 10.4135/9781412976039.n21.

Heck, R 2006, 'Conceptualizing and conducting meaningful research studies in education', in The sage handbook for research in education: engaging ideas and enriching inquiry, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 373-392, viewed 11 December 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781412976039.n21.

Heck, Ronald H. "Conceptualizing and Conducting Meaningful Research Studies in education." The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education: Engaging Ideas and Enriching Inquiry. Clifton F. Conrad and Ronald C. Serlin. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2006. 373-392. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 11 Dec. 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781412976039.n21.

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Conceptualizing and Conducting Meaningful Research Studies in education
Conceptualizing and conducting meaningful research studies in education

The object of research is to understand phenomena in terms of their patterns and idiosyncratic tendencies and to formulate explanations of our experiences. Researchers construct explanations about phenomena from the interplay among their studies' conceptual underpinnings (e.g., frameworks, theories, previous research), the assumptions and methods underpinning scientific inquiry (e.g., what constitutes “evidence,” the procedures and techniques used to collect and analyze data), and the blend of contextual conditions (e.g., cultural beliefs and values, historical situations, settings) in which their investigations are carried out. Obviously, these are in flux as opposed to static, and because research is a human endeavor, examining investigators' choices about the processes underlying a study's conceptualization and ...

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