After reading this chapter, you should be able to
1.1 Explain the importance of educational research.
1.2 List at least five areas of educational research.
1.3 Explain the difference between basic and applied research and describe evaluation
research, action research, and orientational research.
1.4 Discuss the sources of knowledge.
1.5 Explain the scientific approach to knowledge generation, including the dynamics
of science, basic assumptions in science, scientific methods, theory, principle of
evidence, and differences between science and pseudoscience.
1.6 Define the six major objectives of educational research with an example and
describe the dispositions of a good researcher.