Educational and Psychological Research
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- ISBN 9781884585456
- Weight: 793g
- Dimensions: 210 x 280mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002
- Publisher: Pyrczak Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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• 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.
