Developing Research Skills

Author : Vincent Trofimoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781516521562
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Research Skills written by Vincent Trofimoff and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing Research Skills: Key Readings and Critical Thinking Exercises provides students with thought-provoking readings, insightful discussion questions, and critical thinking exercises designed to help them become enlightened consumers of psychological science. The text encourages students to critically evaluate psychological studies, rather than immediately accepting research findings at face value. Through identifying the strengths and weaknesses of various research methodologies, learning to understand a study's inherent limitations, assessing potential variables in the given data, and more, students learn to shrewdly assess various research methods used to produce psychological studies. The carefully selected readings provide students with concrete examples of fundamental research methods concepts, and each reading is complemented by discussion questions that bridge the gap between the learned concept and real-world practice. Emphasizing the need for highly developed critical thinking skills and astute analysis in the field of psychological research, Developing Research Skills is ideal for research methods in psychology courses. Vincent Trofimoff is a social-personality psychologist and lecturer in the Department of Psychology at California State University, San Marcos. He has taught research methods in psychology courses for over 20 years, and also has extensive experience teaching statistics, personality, and social psychology courses. He received his master's degree and doctorate, both in social-personality psychology, from the University of California, Riverside.

Author : Helen J. Crawford
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780205127283
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing research skills : a laboratory manual written by Helen J. Crawford and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1990-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Thomas
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1848604858
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Skills for Policy and Development written by Alan Thomas and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-05-16 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a critical guide to conducting investigations under time- and resource-pressured conditions, equipping readers with the key skills and approaches for research designed to influence or inform development policies. Unlike a simple 'how to' guide, Research Skills for Policy and Development also provides a critique of various methods and situates these approaches within 'real life' organisational settings, enabling those working in or studying development to locate, evaluate and use relevant information quickly but rigorously. The successor to Finding Out Fast (SAGE, 1998) it reflects the changes in development management theories and practice over the last seven years, and includes new material and advice on critical use of the web as a resource and research tool. It is essential reading for development managers in NGOs and public sector agencies as well as students of development management and development studies more generally.

Author : Vanessa Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317294521
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Skills for Journalists written by Vanessa Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Skills for Journalists is a comprehensive, engaging and highly practical guide to developing the varied skillset needed for producing well researched, quality journalism across a range of platforms. Illustrated with original interviews and case studies, the book guides readers through a clear understanding of sources of news, as well as illustrating the skills needed to undertake successful digital and non-digital research and to conduct interviews for a variety of media. It examines the skills needed for basic data journalism and presents an in-depth exploration of the different research skills specific to producing print and online text, as well as those for broadcast and multimedia journalism. Key research skills explored in the book include: Developing digital research skills, including researching through search engines, messages boards, discussion groups and web forums, social media, apps, and using user generated content Working with data, including sourcing, auditing and analysing data, data visualisation and understanding the importance of accuracy and context Essential non-digital research skills, including telephone technique, using libraries and working with librarians, understanding copyright, working with picture libraries and research services, and producing freedom of information requests Working directly with people to research stories, including the power of persuasion, tracking down great contributors, managing and protecting sources, planning and managing interviews, and interviewing vulnerable people Researching for multimedia production of stories, including researching a radio story, podcast or video story, and planning for outside broadcasts. Research Skills for Journalists also explores specialist research skills needed for working overseas and investigates new areas, which could be used for journalism research in the future. The book is illustrated with original contributions by journalists from a variety of backgrounds; including veteran investigative journalist John Pilger, pioneering data journalist Simon Rogers and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s award-winning reporter Abigail Fielding-Smith. It is an invaluable guide for students and practitioners of journalism to the skills needed for finding and developing original news stories today.

Author : Pam Denicolo
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446292657
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Transferable Skills written by Pam Denicolo and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Succinct and supportive, this book provides doctoral and early career researchers with everything you need to know about developing marketable, transferrable skills—and how they can lead to getting that dream job. It illustrates exactly how and when your doctoral degree can be used to build your employability skills in both academic and professional contexts and sets out the basics of acquiring these key transferable skills. Featuring easy-to-implement advice on constructing specialist and generic professional attributes, it gives you the tools, confidence, and active self-awareness needed to handle career challenges and convince prospective employers of your experience. With coverage of project management, teamworking, communication, leadership and technical training, it is an essential guide for researchers who want to make the most of the skills you already have and to develop the skills you need. About the series The Success in Research series, from Cindy Becker and Pam Denicolo, provides short, authoritative and accessible guides on key areas of professional and research development. Avoiding jargon and cutting to the chase of what you really need to know, these practical and supportive books cover a range of areas from presenting research to achieving impact, and from publishing journal articles to developing proposals. They are essential reading for any student or researcher interested in developing their skills and broadening their professional and methodological knowledge in an academic context.

Author : Vincent Trofimoff
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781516521548
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Research Skills written by Vincent Trofimoff and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenan Dikilitaş
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030211371
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inquiry and Research Skills for Language Teachers written by Kenan Dikilitaş and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book equips pre-service language teachers with research and inquiry skills which they can use in the course of their classroom teaching. Research is presented not as an additional burden in teachers’ busy lives but as an integrated tool for satisfying their curiosity, developing an investigative stance, and strengthening the links between theory and practice. Over the course of the book, the authors introduce and encourage the use of pedagogically exploitable pedagogic-research activities (PEPRAs) to develop a deeper understanding of pedagogic issues in an engaging, supportive, and collaborative way. This book will be of interest to students and instructors on TESOL and related courses, as well as practitioners working in the teacher training sector.

Author : Brian Allison
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135361622
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Skills for Students written by Brian Allison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully photocopiable teaching resource provides tutors with a varied and lively range of learning activities and exercises to use with students to help equip them with the skills needed to plan for a research project in higher education.

Author : David Robert Thomas
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 184860193X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing and Managing Your Research Project written by David Robert Thomas and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides information about the key areas needed for a successful project. It includes software skills, developing research objectives, writing proposals, literature reviews, getting ethics approval, seeking funding, managing a project, communicating research findings, and writing reports. There is also a chapter on working as an independent researcher. The book includes numerous examples, checklists, and practical exercises designed to assist the learning of research skills and the completion of crucial project tasks. It covers procedures needed for conducting projects electronically and accessing information from the Internet.

Author : Mari Murtonen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030242153
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redefining Scientific Thinking for Higher Education written by Mari Murtonen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the learning and development process of students’ scientific thinking skills. Universities should prepare students to be able to make judgements in their working lives based on scientific evidence. However, an understanding of how these thinking skills can be developed is limited. This book introduces a new broad theory of scientific thinking for higher education; in doing so, redefining higher-order thinking abilities as scientific thinking skills. This includes critical thinking and understanding the basics of science, epistemic maturity, research and evidence-based reasoning skills and contextual understanding. The editors and contributors discuss how this concept can be redefined, as well as the challenges educators and students may face when attempting to teach and learn these skills. This edited collection will be of interest to students and scholars of student scientific skills and higher-order thinking abilities.