Both the research process and design chapters offer the researcher step-by-step guidance in the basic aspects of planning, conducting, and evaluating research. A number of features guide readers through the steps and procedures of research. For example, a fictional beginning researcher, Maria, who is also a high school teacher and new graduate student, is followed throughout part II and part III to illustrate one researcher’s efforts and to provide students with a realistic perspective of the process of research and the selection of specific research designs. Other features include, but are not limited to:
- Tips on planning and conducting research in “Useful Information for Producers of Research”
- Checklists that summarize key points such as evaluation criteria used to assess the quality of a quantitative or qualitative study
- In-text examples of actual and hypothetical studies that illustrate the correct and incorrect ways of reporting research
- Follow-up activities in “Understanding Concepts and Evaluating Research Studies” to help students apply the concepts they’ve just learned
- A “Think-Aloud” feature that describes practices the author has found useful
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