Reason & Rigor: How Conceptual Frameworks Guide Research

By S. Ravitch, Matthew Riggan. 2011

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A Review of the Quality Indicators of Rigor in Qualitative Research (2019, background): “Recent contributions from Ravitch and colleagues present best practices in developing frameworks for conceptual and methodological coherence within a study design, regardless of the research approach.(23,24) Their recommendations and arguments are highly relevant to qualitative research.”
Whiteness as Property: Innocence and Ability in Teacher Education (2014, neutral): “The conceptual framework that linked the theoretical framing, literature review, research questions, methods, and analysis is a CRT framing (Ravitch and Riggan 2012).”
From digital literacy to digital competence: the teacher digital competency (TDC) framework (2020, background): “Ravitch and Riggan (2012) suggest conceptual frameworks define the ‘big ideas’ associated with a particular inquiry, and comprise a blend of personal beliefs, assumptions and experiential knowledge; topical research (knowledge relevant to the field of study), and theories generated from prior…”