Contents

Introducing Primary Research

Writing Questionnaires: a Practical Approach

Interviews Sorting Exercise

Sampling Methods: Game and Creative Thinking Tasks

Researching Past Influences: Discussing and Designing Studies

Express it Game: Sampling Methods and Studies of Past Influences

Group Research on Observation Methods

Assessing Experiments Using Thinking Hats

Sorting Activity: Field or Laboratory Experiment?

Social Science Experiments for Discussion

Official Statistics Snowball Game

Official Statistics Investigations and Memory Game

Media Analysis: Practical Activities

Rotating Sheets on Secondary Sources

Dice Game Linking Methods with Health

Revision Activity Linking Methods with Education

Methodological Pluralism: Analysis of Education and Health Studies

Values, Ethics and Social Policies: Researched Presentations

Cloze Exercises on Values in Health and Education Research

Revision Card Game

What is the Recipe? Planning Examination Answers

Further Practice for New Style 2008 Examination Questions

Research Methods Dominoes

Selected References and Recommended Resources