Educational and Psychological Research: A Cross-Section of Journal Articles for Analysis and Evaluation (3)

Synopsis

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

Copyright:

2002

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

240 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781351970266

Related ISBNs:

9781315266497, 9781138288072, 9781884585456

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/11/23

Copyrighted By:

Taylor and Francis

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Psychology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.