Tomorrow’s Professor (February 28 2013, message #1233) just had a nice post on different classifications of educational research, which would also be applicable to SoTL.  It would be a nice introductory read for someone just entering the world of SoTL/educational research. It briefly describes and gives examples of theoretical, action, evaluative, experimental, case study, exploratory, comparative, grounded theory, and ethnography research.

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The post is taken from Chapter 1, Research, paradigms, and ethics, in the book: A Beginner’s Guide to Doing Your Education Research Project, by Mike Lambert. Published by SAGE Publications Inc.