Educational and Psychological Research
A Cross-Section of Journal Articles for Analysis and Evaluation
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- English
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Educational and Psychological Research
A Cross-Section of Journal Articles for Analysis and Evaluation
About This Book
ā¢ This edition of our popular reader is entirely updated with timely articles that deal with broad issues in education and psychology. (For a research reader with emphasis on classroom issues, see A Cross Section of Educational Research.)
ā¢ This collection shows students the many inherent weaknesses of empirical methods as well as models of excellence. Unlike research readers that contain made-up articles, this one has both face validity and content validity. Your students will appreciate reading real articles with real results.
ā¢ The 34 research articles illustrate: ā¢qualitative research
ā¢combined qualitative/quantitative research
ā¢content/documentary analysis
ā¢correlational research
ā¢test validity and reliability research
ā¢causal-comparative research
ā¢true experimental research
ā¢quasi-experimental research
ā¢pre-experimental research
ā¢program evaluation
ā¢meta-analysis
ā¢ The lines are numbered sequentially, making it easy to refer to specific parts of each article during classroom discussions.
ā¢ This single source of research articles is convenient for you and your students.
ā¢ Easy to coordinate with any research methods text, this reader is an ideal way to make research methods come alive! Field-tested for student interest and comprehension.
ā¢ All major methods of research are illustrated with real research articles drawn from a wide variety of journals. (See Table of Contents.)
ā¢ Your students will become familiar with a wide variety of writing and organizational styles that real researchers use. Despite their variety, all articles in this book are highly comprehensible.
ā¢ Factual Questions at the end of each article encourage students to read for mythological points they might otherwise overlook.
ā¢ Questions for Discussion encourage students to address broad issues of research design. An instructor's answer key will be shipped with your examination copy.
ā¢ The interesting research topics will make your students look forward to doing their research reading homework.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Qualitative Research
- Combined Qualitative/Quantitative Research
- Content/Documentary Analysis
- Survey Research
- True Experimental Research
- Quasi-Experimental Research
- Pre-Experimental Research
- Causal-Comparative Research
- Correlational Research
- Reliability and Validity Research
- Program Evaluation
- Meta-Analysis
- Critical Review of Empirical Research
- Appendices