Think about the use of hypotheses in social science research design with these open access articles.
Categories: Mixed, Other, Quantitative, Research
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DO, don’t just quote, this MLK Day
This year we need to honor Martin Luther King’s legacy with both reflection and action
Categories: Instruction, Research, Teaching
Continue ReadingDeveloping the Research Question for a Thesis, Dissertation, or Doctoral Project Study
Dr. Gary Burkholder offers practical advice for anyone trying to develop a research question for a new project.
Categories: Instruction, Research, Research Design, Research Skills, Supervising and Teaching Research Skills and Roles
Continue ReadingNetwork & Learn Something New!
In this new year, how about some new research and academic writing skills?
Categories: Other, Professional Development and Continuing Education, Publishing, Research, Webinars, Writing and Editing
Continue ReadingPractical <> Conceptual Questions
Think about the relationship between practical problems and research questions.
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Continue ReadingReadings about research questions
Find a selection of open access articles about processes researchers use to define questions.
Categories: Other, Research, Research Design, Research Methods
Continue ReadingStart with a question
MethodSpace will explore phases of the research process throughout 2021. In the first quarter will explore design steps, starting with a January focus on research questions. Find the unfolding series here. Let’s start at the beginning. What question(s) will you explore? This month we will be looking at ways qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods researchers […]
Categories: Other, Research, Research Design
Continue Reading2021 on MethodSpace
Explore all the stages of the research process in 2021.
Categories: Focus Series, Other, Research, Research Methods
Continue Reading2020 is past, but resources are still present!
Find master links to all thematic MethodSpace posts from 2020.
Categories: Cross-Cut and Collections, Focus Series, Other
Continue ReadingCreative & Collaborative Action Research: Keep Talking
Keep Talking is an project that offers examples you might find helpful if you are bridging town-and-gown.
Categories: Academic Writing Month, Action Research, Creative Methods, Dissemination, Other, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Research Roles, Research Skills
Continue ReadingCall the Doctor!
You might have heard about the kerfuffle this weekend about who gets to use the title “Dr.” in front of their name. The writer of a controversial Wall Street Journal op-ed suggested that only medical doctors can be actual doctors, and in the process denigrated professional doctorates and Ph.D. programs generally. After clouds of steam […]
Categories: Other, Research Roles, Research Skills, Supervising and Teaching Research Skills and Roles
Continue ReadingTrying to teach in the Covid era? Need FLUX pedagogy?
In March, when classes were suddenly shifting online due to the Covid 19 pandemic, Dr. Sharon Ravitch was the Mentor in Residence. She originally planned to write about theory, but we saw a more imminent need in the academic community. I asked her to consider new ways of thinking about teaching — for research methods […]
Categories: Instruction, Online Learning, Other, Professional Development and Continuing Education, Supervising and Teaching Research Skills and Roles, Teaching
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