books by Richard J. Light (education research students)

books by Richard J. Light

books:

Evaluation Studies Review Annual: Volume 8 (Evaluation Studies Review Yearbook)
Richard J. Light

Sage Publications, Inc, 1983

The eighth volume in this series concentrates on developments of enormous importance to all of social science. Through such techniques as meta-analysis, the findings of very different studies can be given different mathematical weights and combined. Thus literature review becomes a way of consolidating past work in order to build upon it genuinely. In this volume, methodological questions are dealt with and a range of examples of reviews of ...

By Design: Planning Research on Higher Education
Richard J. Light, Judith D. Singer, ...

Harvard University Press, 1990

Do students who work longer and harder learn more in college? Does joining a fraternity with a more academic flavor enhance a student's academic performance? When are the results from an innovation that is tried on one campus applicable to other campuses? How many students and faculty members must participate in a research project before findings are valid? Do students learn best when they study alone or in small groups? These are just some ...

Evaluation Findings That Surprise: New Directions for Evaluation (J-B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation)

Jossey-Bass, 2001

This volume shows how evaluators can play a vital role in shaping publicpolicy by testing the validity of widely held beliefs. The contributorsprovide concrete examples of evaluation results that unexpectedly forcedpolicymakers to modify or completely revamp programs in different humanservice fields. Chapters examine how evaluation results lead to a dramaticrestructuring of programs for reducing recidivism for domestic violence andpreventing ...

Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research

1 review
Richard J. Light, David B. Pillemer

Harvard University Press, 1984

Excellent introduction to meta-analysis
It is essential for researchers to understand meta-analysis. This book, along with Wolf's pamphlet, Meta-Analysis (Sage), provides an exceptionally clear introduction.

Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds

37 reviews
Richard J. Light

Harvard University Press, 2001

So you've been admitted to a top school; now what?
If you are interested in this book, check out the hard-cover edition which is available both new and used for substantially less than the paperback. I was introduced to this book by a friend who is heavily involved in undergraduate advising. I had not heard of Prof. Light or of this work previously, and I wonder whether it is less widely known than it deserves to be. The title and cover of ...