A highly accessible introductory text and a very quick read…Hancock and Algozzine are pedagogically savvy when introducing readers to case study research.- <i>Journal of College Student Development</i>;<br /><br />""Exceptionally well organized and presented, <i>Doing Case Study Research</i> is unreservedly recommended for community and academic library Study Skills Improvement collections.""- <i>Midwest Book Review</i>;<br /><br />""<i>Doing Case Study Research</i> provides a practical resource for beginning researchers who want a prescriptive step by step guide.""- <i>Teachers College Record</i>;<br /><br />“While this comprehensive, basic research tool is intended for doing case study research, the book also includes work on research foundations, stages of doing research,? and putting it all together. It is most applicable to a range of research designs, other? than case studies.”- Terry Cicchelli, professor emerita, Fordham University;<br /><br />""Hancock and Algozzine have written the ‘go-to’ book on case study research. They start out with how case studies fit in with the continuum of qualitative and quantitative research, walk the reader through the stages and methods of case study research, and tie it all together with the “how-to” of preparing proposals and disseminating the results. Each chapter of this easy-to-read text ends with a set of content review questions and activities that guide the reader through applying the material. <i>Doing Case Study Research: A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers</i> is an essential resource for graduate students and professors working with case study research.""- William Owings, professor, Educational Leadership at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Book Features:
- Straightforward introduction to the science of doing case study research.
- A step-by-step approach that speaks directly to the novice investigator.
- Many concrete examples to illustrate key concepts.
- Questions, illustrations, and activities to reinforce what has been learned.
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Biografisk notat
Dawson R. Hancock is asssociate dean for research and Graduate Studies and a research professor in the College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.Bob Algozzine is a research professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.