Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes to Students and
Teachers
Additional RIP Resources
Addressing Benchmarks for Science Literacy and the National
Standards
UNIT 1:
Introduction to this Book
Chapter 1:
The Science Education Movement
Chapter 2:
Research Investigation Process: RIP™
Chapter 3:
Developing a Research Investigation Program for Your
Students
UNIT 2:
Research Investigation Process: Introduction Section
Chapter 4:
Making Observations
Chapter 5:
Formulating and Posing Research Questions
Chapter 6:
Gathering Background Information
Chapter 7:
Constructing a Hypothesis
UNIT 3:
Research Investigation Process: Method Section
Chapter 8:
Subjects
8-1: Choosing the
Subjects
8-2: Random
Sampling
8-3: Other Sampling
Techniques Using Random Selection
8-4: Sample
Size
Chapter 9:
Levels of Measurement
Chapter 10: Validity
and Ethics in Research Investigations
10-1:
Techniques to Insure Validity of the Research
Investigation Study
10-2: Ethics and
Treatment of Subjects in a Research
Investigation Study
Chapter 11: Creation of
a Research Study Design
11-1: Comparing Groups: Experiments
and Ex Post Facto
Studies
11-2: Research Study
Design
11-3: Measurement of
Characteristics: Gathering Data
about Beliefs, Attitudes, Opinions and Facts
Chapter 12:
Materials
Chapter 13: Procedure:
Steps in Conducting the Study
Chapter 14: Statistical
Hypotheses
14-1: General
Considerations
14-2: Making Decisions: Null
and Alternative
Hypotheses
14-3: Directional and
Non-Directional Hypotheses
and One- and Two-Tailed Tests
14-4: Significant and
Statistically Significant
UNIT 4:
Research Investigation Process: Results Section
Chapter 15: Data
Collection
15-1: Quantitative and
Qualitative Data
15-2: Collecting, Organizing,
and Presenting Data
with Tables
15-3: Presenting Data with
Graphs
Chapter 16: Data
Analysis
16-1: Critical Ratio in Statistical
Decision Making
16-2: Correlation Coefficient
(r): Testing for Relationships
16-3: Chi-Square
(c2) Test for Goodness of Fit
16-4: Chi-Square
(c2) Test for
16-5: t-Test:
Comparing Two Independent Groups
16-6: t-Test:
Comparing Two Dependent Groups
UNIT 5:
Research Investigation Process: Discussion and Conclusion Section
Chapter 17:
Discussing the Results and Making Conclusions
UNIT 6:
Research Investigation Process: Next Step Section
Chapter 18: Next
Step
18-1: The
Next Step: Developing an Action Plan
18-2: Guidelines
for Constructing a Poster for Scientific
Conferences and Research Competitions
Chapter 19:
Pulling It Together
19-1: The
Research Proposal and Assessment
19-2:
Sample Research Proposal
Glossary
Index
About the Author