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    This document discusses the definition and purpose of educational research. It notes that research has become a commonly used term with many different meanings. Educational research specifically refers to the scientific investigation and solving of education problems through a structured process. This process involves identifying problems, formulating hypotheses, collecting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and verifying or modifying hypotheses. The overall goal of educational research is to develop new knowledge and solve both theoretical and practical problems in education.

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    LEANDER BOYKIN•

    R ECENT national and world -


    new knowledge. and the solving of theoretical
    and practical problems. Research in edu -
    cation makes wide use of the deduc -
    wide developments in such areas as space
    exploration, military preparedness, environ- tive-inductive reasoning process—problem
    mental pollution, poverty, and disease pre - identification. hypothesis formulation, data
    vention and control have caused the term collection, organization and analyses. formu-
    "research" to become one of the most com- lation of conclusions, and verification, rejec-
    monly used words in the English language. tion, or modification of the hypothesis.
    Utilized in many different ways by different
    people, the term "research" has come to be What Is Educational Research?
    applied to such a wide range of activities that
    it has ceased to have a single identifiable Educational research is the more formal.
    meaning or method. systematic, and intensive process of carrying
    Because the term "research" is difficult on a scientific method of analysis (Best)';
    to discuss in the abstract, it appears that "When we use the term educational research,
    some authors prefer not to approach outright we mean the scientific investigation and solu-
    the problem of definition. Attempts are made tion of education's problems" ( Hillway) 2 .
    to define research through discussion of the "Educational research . . . represents an ac -
    specific kind of activity engaged in; by ex - tivity directed toward the development of an
    p la na ti on of t h e s t a g e s i n t h e r e s e a rc h
    I John W. Best. Research in Education. Sec-
    process; by describing its characteristics; or ond edition. Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey: Pren -
    by treating synonymously the terms "re - tice-Hall. Inc.. 1970. p. 8.
    search" and "scientific method." Tyrus Hillway. Handbook of Educational
    Yet whether we define it as a method, Research. A Guide to Methods and Materials.
    an activity, a process, or simply as structured Greeley: Colorado State College. 1969. p. 3.
    problem solving; whether we label it experi-
    mental or nonexperimental; whether we • Leander Boykin. Professor of Education. Flor-
    designate it as basic, applied, or evaluative; ida A & M University, Tallahassee
    whether we refer to it as descriptive, histori-
    cal, or philosophical, research in education
    has as its objectives the development of
    theory, critical analysis of hypothetical propo-
    sitions, the search for truth, the discovery of

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