Although the authors refer to this text as being for undergraduate students, it does work well in our graduate programs. With most of our students having very limited (if any) formal research background, we were looking for a text which approached things from a perspective that was informative yet easy-to-follow. This text has good structure, and the order in which material is presented is very much aligned with the actual process of conducting research. My only issue with the book is that they approach the Review of Literature as a subsection of Chapter 1 in the research proposal, when nearly every thesis or dissertation has the Review of Literature as an entirely different chapter. The method approached by the text is typical with some research manuscripts for journal publication, but not necessarily for the actual research proposal. I have utilized the 8th & 9th versions of this text in previous years, and have found the updates made in Educational Research Gay 10th Edition to be very well done. A bit deceiving by the cover, Educational Research Gay 10th Edition is valid for all educational programs (not just those that are K-12 related). The supplemental materials (specifically the online Blackboard-compatible exams) are a big help, as this course is extremely time consuming to teach/facilitate. I highly recommend this text.
Product Details
Hardcover: 672 pages
Publisher: Addison Wesley; 10 edition (October 7, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0132613174
ISBN-13: 978-0132613170
Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.1 x 10 inches
