Cross Section of Educational Research

<p>- This collection of research articles emphasizes topics of interest to classroom teachers. </p> <p>- The 38 research articles illustrate: <br>-survey research</p> <p><br>-quantitative content analysis</p> <p><br>-correlational research</p> <p><br>-true experimental research</p> <p><br>-quasi-experimental research</p> <p><br>-pre-experimental research</p> <p><br>-single-subject research/behavior analysis</p> <p><br>-causal-comparative research</p> <p><br>-program evaluation</p> <p><br>-qualitative research</p> <p><br>-combined qualitative/quantitative research</p> <p><br>-meta-analysis</p> <p><br>- The lines in each article are numbered sequentially making it easy to refer to specific parts of the article during classroom discussions. </p> <p>- The availability of a single source of research articles is convenient and helps you avoid copyright infringement problems. </p> <p>- Factual Questions at the end of each article allow students to check their comprehension. </p> <p>- Questions for discussion stimulate classroom discussions of research methods. </p> <p>- After answering the questions students rate the quality of each article using 13 basic criteria. More detailed criteria in the Appendix may also be applied. </p> <p>- Ideal for courses in which the primary goal is to learn how to evaluate research. </p> <p>- Twenty-one different journals are represented in the 38 articles in this collection. Students see the diversity of educational research since the journals vary in their standards for publication. </p> <p>- New to this edition: Thirteen new articles keep this popular research reader up-to-date. </p>