METHODS OF RESEARCH ON TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Abstract

The methods that are used for conducting effective research in the English Language Arts continue to grow in number and continue to be refined to ensure their overall trustworthiness. In this brief volume we have included the eleven chapters that comprise Part II, "Methods of Research on English Language Arts Teaching," from the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Second Edition (Flood et al. 2003). These chapters describe eleven different, highly regarded methodological approaches to research within the Language Arts. Each of these chapters represents its own paradigm, and each comes with its own standards of rigor. As each method is presented, it is embedded within the traditions of Language Arts research and teaching. The authors judiciously selected and cited seminal research studies within the field to illuminate the ways in which the methodology and the content of the studies work together to enhance one another. Throughout, the authors carefully explain why they have selected a particular methodology.