Useful Materials for Graduate students (in Science Education)
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General aids for your proficiency과학 교육 학도를 위한 유용한 자료들
科学教育院生たちに役に立つマニュアル
Wechsler, H. B., & Bell, A. (2005). Speed Reading for Professionals. New York: Barrons Educational Series, Inc.
Geared for the busy professional, and an excellent expenditure of funds for anyone wanting to increase reading speed. Previously I read about 2-3 books per week, mostly nonfiction. I'm reading one per day now. I'll probably burn out on that pace in a couple of weeks, but so far it's been great.
General handbook of science education
Fensham, P. J. (2004). Defining an Identity: The Evolution of Science Education as a Field of Research (Vol. 20). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
It uses the significant studies of more than 75 researchers in 15 countries to see to what extent they provide evidence for an identity as a distinctive field of research. It considers trends in the research over time, and looks particularly at what progression in the research entails.
Web database search
http://scholar.google.com/
The brilliant DB system does not only give you exact links to the literature containing your keywords, but also the frequency ranking of being referred.
Statistics, SPSS
Vaus, D. A. D. (2002). Analyzing Social Science Data: 50 Key Problems in Data Analysis. London: Sage Publications Inc.
The book is an authoritative guide to the problems facing beginners in the field. Analyzing Social Science Data guides students in: problems with the initial data; problems with the initial variables; how to handle too much data; how to generalize; problems of analyzing single variables; problems examining bivariate relationships; and problems examining multivariate relationships
George, D., & Mallery, P. (2003). SPSS for Windows Step by Step - A simple Guide and Reference 11.0 Update (4th ed.). USA: Pearson Education, Inc.
As a first time user of SPSS, I was easily able to set up a data file using this reference book. It is very clearly written, easy to understand, and I think much better than the Pallant "SPSS Survival Manual" which I also purchased.
Statistics, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Diamantopoulos, A., & Siguaw, J. A. (2000). Introducing LISREL: A Guide for the Uninitiated. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
The authors do a great job describing both structural equation modeling and LISREL in a common-sense manner. Although you'll want to keep your other references (say Bollen 1989), this book makes a great ready reference and perhaps the first that you reach for.
Schumacker, R. E., & Lomax, R. G. (2004). A beginner's guide to structural equation modeling (Second Edition ed.). London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Schumacker and Lomax have successfully put together a guide that explains to beginners (like myself) in simple terms how the whole thing works. I highly recommend this for anyone starting on SEM - your modeling days will be much happier with this guide.
How to write good papers
- Tschannen-Moran, M., & Nestor-Baker, N. (2004). The Tacit Knowledge of Productive Scholars in Education. Teachers College Record, 106(7), 1484-1511.
- Klingner, J. K. (2005). How to Publish in Scholarly Journals. Educational Researcher, 34(8), 14-20.
- Symonds, P. M. (1933). Characteristics Of A Good Dissertation In Education. Teachers College Record, 34(4), 312-326.
- Kilbourn, B. (2006). The Qualitative Doctoral Dissertation Proposal. Teachers College Record, 108(4), 529-576.
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