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Past experience can also be a strong motivational factor for professional researchers, who sometimes devote their whole life to pursuing a certain area of study. For those in a graduate course on educational research, experience may be related to their current career as a teacher in the classroom, a school psychologist, counselor, or as a school administrator. In those situations, individuals should ask themselves questions such as • I wonder if we did it this way, rather than the old way, would that make a difference?
Each framework also makes assumptions about whether qualitative or quantitative methods are most appropriate for extending our knowledge about education. As a beginning researcher, it is important that you consider which approach best captures your own assumptions about how the world works. Scientific Realism Scientific realism is a term applied to the framework used by most researchers who take a purely quantitative approach to research. Quantitative research is characterized by a desire to answer research questions by producing numerical data that represent various constructs and variables.
Research studies can also be developed based on theory, as discussed in Chapter One. For some researchers, a single theory might provide the focus for most of their research. For example, Robbie Case (1992) conducted many studies of Piagetian theory. These studies eventually led him to construct his own theory that blends Piaget’s original stages with concepts from information-processing theory. Students might use theories presented in any of their classes as the basis for a research study. For example, several of our students have examined implications of a well-known theory of parenting styles (Baumrind, 1967) in relation to educational issues, such as student achievement, discipline problems, and attention disorders.