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IMPORTANCE OFEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
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What is Educational Research?
A cyclical process of steps thattypically begins with identifying aresearch problem or issue of study.
It then involves reviewing theliterature, specifying a purpose forthe study, collecting and analyzingdata, and forming an interpretationof information. This processculminates in a report,disseminated to audiences, that is
evaluated and used in the
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Why Educational Research?
• Educators need to be consumers (andproducers) of research. Creswell (2002) notesthe following reasons, describing the variouspurposes of educational research:
Improve Practice
Add to Knowledge
Address Gaps in Knowledge
Expand Knowledge
Replicate Knowledge
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• Add to
Knowledge – Research can
add to what we
now abouthow peoplelearn and whatwe can do help
facilitate thelearningprocess.
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• Improve
Practice – Research can
suggest wa!s ofimproving
practice that havebeen veri"ed withman! applicationsand b! man!di#erent t!pes ofpeople, which isdi$cult forpractitioners.
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• . Address
Gaps inKnowledge – Research can
address areasin which little isnow, lieperhaps the
e#ects ofonline versustraditionalclassroom
learning.
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• ExpandKnowledge
% Research
can allow usto e&tendwhat we
now in wa!swe neverconceived.
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• Replicate
Knowledge% Research canact as a test to
verif! previous"ndings
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