A Look at the Condition of Rural Education Research: Setting a Direction for Future Research

dc.creator	Arnold, M. L.
dc.creator	Newman, J. H.
dc.creator	Gaddy, B. B.
dc.creator	Dean, C. B.
dc.date	2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:11:18Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:11:18Z
dc.identifier	1551-0670
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e09fbec4625a4627aa587b9cf1b30daa
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/14308
dc.description	The authors searched the ERIC and PsycINFO databases for K-12 rural education research studies conducted in the United States and published in journal articles between 1991 and summer 2003. This search was conducted in order to identify topics that appear in the rural education research literature and determine the quality of this research. Only 21% of studies in this database met the requirement of employing a “comparative” (broadly defined) research design to investigate a rural education problem. These articles were then reviewed using quality-of-research criteria developed by McREL. No truly experimental studies were found in this review. The strongest studies identiﬁed were quasi-experimental and causal-comparative research designs. Of the 106 articles that used some kind of comparative research design, only 10 were rated as higher-quality research, and only 48 were considered to be of medium quality. Forty-eight studies were rated as lower quality. The authors conclude with a proposed research agenda.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Maine College of Education & Human Development
dc.relation	http://www.umaine.edu/jrre/20-6.htm
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1551-0670
dc.source	Journal of Research in Rural Education, Vol 20, Iss 6 (2005)
dc.subject	rural education
dc.subject	rural education research
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	A Look at the Condition of Rural Education Research: Setting a Direction for Future Research
dc.type	article