Reading and Understanding Research

Informationen zum Autor Stephen J. Silverman is Professor of Education and Chair of the Department of Biobehavioral Sciences at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a native of Philadelphia and holds a bachelor’s degree from Temple University, a master’s degree from Washington State University, and a doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His research focuses on teaching and learning in physical education and on methods for conducting research in field settings. He has authored numerous research articles and chapters, and is coauthor of a number of books. He has served as editor of two research journals, is an experienced research consultant, has directed graduate students, and has, for many years, taught classes in research methods, statistics, and measurement. He enjoys running, following politics, and aquatic sports, and lives with his wife, Patricia Moran, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. His website is: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/ss928 Waneen Wyrick Spirduso is the Mauzy Regents Professor Emerita in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a native of Austin and holds bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from The University of Texas and a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research focuses on the effects of aging and the mechanisms of motor control. She has been a prolific contributor to the research literature and has authored textbooks related to research methods and aging. She taught research methods and directed student research for more than four decades and has received numerous research grants from the federal government and foundations. She plays golf and rows, and lives with her husband, Craig Spirduso, in Austin, TX. Her website is http://www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/kin/faculty/spirduso/index.html

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• Authors: Lawrence F Locke, Lawrence F. Locke, Locke Lawrence F., Stephen Silverman, Stephen/ Spirduso Silverman, Silverman Stephen, Waneen W Spirduso, Waneen W. Spirduso, Spirduso Waneen W.
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 03.07.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9781483331652
• ISBN: 978-1-4833-3165-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, EDUCATION / Research, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, Study & learning skills: general, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general