Educational and Psychological Research

ΓÇó 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.)
ΓÇó 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.
ΓÇó The 34 research articles illustrate: ΓÇóqualitative research
ΓÇócombined qualitative/quantitative research
ΓÇócontent/documentary analysis
ΓÇócorrelational research
ΓÇótest validity and reliability research
ΓÇócausal-comparative research
ΓÇótrue experimental research
ΓÇóquasi-experimental research
ΓÇópre-experimental research
ΓÇóprogram evaluation
ΓÇómeta-analysis
ΓÇó The lines are numbered sequentially, making it easy to refer to specific parts of each article during classroom discussions.
ΓÇó This single source of research articles is convenient for you and your students.
ΓÇó 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.
ΓÇó All major methods of research are illustrated with real research articles drawn from a wide variety of journals. (See Table of Contents.)
ΓÇó 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.
ΓÇó Factual Questions at the end of each article encourage students to read for mythological points they might otherwise overlook.
ΓÇó Questions for Discussion encourage students to address broad issues of research design. An instructor''s answer key will be shipped with your examination copy.
ΓÇó The interesting research topics will make your students look forward to doing their research reading homework.