RESEARCH IN EDUCATION - SELECTED INTERNET LINKS
This preliminary list of web sites provides useful information on research in education.  Right-click if you want to open a new browser window.

General Sites
  1. Search ERIC
  2. Recognizing Plagiarism
  3. AllPsych Online
  4. Current Issues in Education
  5. Education Week
  6. U.S. Department of Education
  7. Education Resources Information Center (ERIC Database)
  8. The Statistics Teacher Network newsletter
  9. American Statistical Association
  10. Journal of Statistics Education
  11. Education Virtual Library
  12. AACE listing of several Electronic/Online Journals
  13. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Check out the Publications
  14. APA Ethics Information
  15. Constructivism and Instructional Design
  16. Student-Centered Learning by Barbara Nanny
  17. Listing of Educational Technology Organizations on the Web
  18. emerging Technologies (emTech)
  19. National Center for Education Statistics
  20. APA Style - citing electronic media
  21. A Guide for Educators
Basic Statistical Concepts
  1. Electronic Statistics Textbook
  2. A New View of Statistics by Hopkins presents a good overview of basic concepts.
  3. Introduction to statistics - another online textbook that covers basic content.  If you prefer to go directly to the first section and proceed from there, click here.  If you have a more sophisticated interest in statistics, you might be interested in the HyperStat Online Textbook index.
  4. Statistics - measures of central tendency (central location) and measures of variation.
  5. The Normal Distribution
  6. Frequency Distributions
  7. Calculate z-scores
  8. Types of data and ways to summarize them
  9. More information on summarizing data
  10. Standard deviation
  11. Measures of Reliability and Validity
  12. Identifying a Population and Sample - introduction, connect, apply, reflect, extend
  13. Scales of Measurement
Research Methods
  1. The Educator's Reference Desk - Research Methods
  2. Qualitative Research in Information Systems
  3. The Qualitative Debate
  4. A Look at Qualitative Research
  5. Qualitative Research for Instructional Technology
  6. The Qualitative versus Quantitative Debate
  7. Characteristics of Quantitative and Qualitative Research
  8. Brochures about Survey Research
  9. Learning Modules
  10. Qualitative Research Resources
  11. Qualitative Research Bibliography
  12. International Journal of Qualitative Methods
  13. Ethnographic Research
  14. Resources for Survey Researchers
  15. Sources of Threat to Internal Validity
  16. Brochures about Survey Research - ASA Series
  17. Using case-study analysis
Research Papers/Reports
  1. So you have to do a Research Project?
  2. What are research reports and why would I write one?
  3. Writing a Research Paper
  4. Tips for writing a research proposal
  5. Proposal writer's guide
  6. American Psychological Association (APA) Style Workshop
  7. Guidelines for Research Proposals
  8. Evaluating Reports of Research
  9. Guide to Course Materials ppts
  10. A Cautionary Note: How Difficulties Can Arise from Combining Statistics Carelessly
  11. Checklist for Evaluating a Research Report 
  12. Evaluating Sources for the Technical Research Report - interactive exercise
  13. Stronger Designs for Research on Educational Uses of Technology: Conclusions and Implications
  14. A Knowledge Base for the Teaching Profession: What Would It Look Like and How Can We Get One?
  15. The Proposal in Qualitative Research
Action Research
  1. Teacher Research Process - Home
  2. The Process of Teacher Research
  3. The AEL Guide to Action Research
  4. An action research model
  5. How is action research defined?
  6. Action Research Resources
  7. Action Research Theses
  8. An Introduction to Action Research
  9. Teacher Action Research
  10. An Action Research Module
  11. Action Research Websites
  12. Action Research - NCREL
  13. Action Research - emTech listings
  14. Action Research  updated links
  15. An Action Research Project
  16. Traditions of Action Research - infed
  17. Research to Practice:Guidelines for Planning Action Research Projects
  18. Action Research Digest
  19. Educational Action Research  Journal
  20. action research international - Journal
  21. Grounded Theory Resource Paper/Action Research
  22. Google search results for instructional technology
Technology in Educational Research
  1. Teach for Tomorrow
  2. Assessment and rubric information
  3. NASA  Advanced Technology Applications for Education
  4. Interactive Multimedia Applications in Science Education: A Review of Related Literature
  5. Formative Evaluation for Implementation: Evaluating Educational Technology Applications and Lessons
  6. PBS TeacherSource: Technology and Teaching
  7. AAUW Executive Summary: Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age (2000)
  8. AACE Digital Library - a valuable journal site
  9. ISTE Publications - with links to the Journal of Research on Technology in Education
  10. Teaching, Learning and Computing: 1998 - a national survey of schools and teachers with a link to many TLC reports
  11. Raising Student Achievement with Technology - with several links to research projects
  12. Instructional Technology links from the Yahoo! Education directory
  13. Research Software
  14. Qualitative research software products
  15. Qualitative data analysis software
 
Dr. Kathryn Holleque, Professor in the Division of Education , Psychology, and Technology
Valley City State University, 101 College Street, Valley City, North Dakota 58072