Tag Archives: Research

Ontario Education Research To Be Featured at CSSE 2011

Ontario is well represented at this year’s Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) conference which will be held May 28 to June 1 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Researchers from across Canada will use this opportunity to present their work … Continue reading

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Tips and Tricks – Data Cleaning (SQL Constants and Appending)

It has been a busy week for data cleaning. The data for one project was spread across several different files and formats. It takes a lot of time and patience to reorganize data and it is easy to get lost or … Continue reading

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5 Tools for the Researcher Without a Budget

One of the things I enjoy about research is that each day is different. Many projects have a predictable progression from research question to data collection, analysis and reporting. Other requests are less structured and can fall anywhere on the … Continue reading

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This Week in Education – a Research Resource Roundup

Today’s blog post highlights some of the resources and articles that have crossed my desk. Research Issues – Sampling Sampling was a popular topic this week. Rather than simply cite chapter and verse from my collection of statistics textbooks, I … Continue reading

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Three Questions Education Research Should Answer

Putting research into the hands of teachers is not very difficult in Ontario. The professional development opportunities for teachers and the body of research in education grow every day. Research is most often presented to teachers with the hope that … Continue reading

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