ABSTRACT

Learning Sciences Research for Teaching provides educators with a fresh understanding of the use and implications of learning sciences scholarship on their studies and professional preparation. A highly interdisciplinary field, the learning sciences has been expressly focused on the advancement of teaching and learning in today’s schools. This introductory yet cutting-edge resource supports graduate students of teaching, leadership, curriculum, and learning design in research methodology courses as they engage with and evaluate research claims; integrate common methods; and understand experimental, case-based, ethnographic, and design-based research studies. Spanning the learning science’s state-of-the-art approaches, achievements, and developments, the book includes robust, accessible coverage of topics such as professional development, quantitative and qualitative data, learning analytics, validity and integrity, and more.

Please visit https://dple.nl/learning-sciences-research-for-teaching for additional resources, exercises, and a brief video introduction from the authors!

part I|123 pages

Foundations

chapter 1|17 pages

Opening the Conversation

chapter 2|21 pages

Using Research in Professional Development

chapter 3|20 pages

Elementary Statistics

chapter 4|17 pages

Accessing the research literature

chapter 5|12 pages

The Research Article

chapter 7|16 pages

Validity, Integrity, and Impact

part II|55 pages

Selected Approaches

chapter 8|18 pages

Experimental Research

chapter 9|16 pages

Case Studies and Ethnography

chapter 10|19 pages

Design Research

part III|154 pages

Selected Methods

chapter 11|19 pages

Quantitative Instruments

chapter 12|25 pages

Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

chapter 13|28 pages

Correlation and Linear Regression Analysis

chapter 14|26 pages

Analysis of Experiments

chapter 15|13 pages

Learning Analytics

chapter 16|19 pages

Collecting and Processing Qualitative Data

chapter 17|22 pages

Qualitative Data Analysis