Educational and Psychological Research

<p>• 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.) </p><p>• 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. </p><p>• The 34 research articles illustrate: •qualitative research<br>•combined qualitative/quantitative research<br>•content/documentary analysis<br>•correlational research<br>•test validity and reliability research<br>•causal-comparative research<br>•true experimental research<br>•quasi-experimental research<br>•pre-experimental research<br>•program evaluation<br>•meta-analysis</p><p>• The lines are numbered sequentially, making it easy to refer to specific parts of each article during classroom discussions. </p><p>• This single source of research articles is convenient for you and your students. </p><p>• 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. </p><p>• All major methods of research are illustrated with real research articles drawn from a wide variety of journals. (See Table of Contents.) </p><p>• 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. </p><p>• Factual Questions at the end of each article encourage students to read for mythological points they might otherwise overlook. </p><p>• Questions for Discussion encourage students to address broad issues of research design. An instructor’s answer key will be shipped with your examination copy. </p><p>• The interesting research topics will make your students look forward to doing their research reading homework. </p> <p>Introduction </p><p>Qualitative Research</p><p>1.Perceived Messages from Schools Regarding Adolescent Tobacco Use <br> Descriptors: Focus groups of students<br>Communication Education</p><p>2. Cooperative Learning: Listening to How Children Work at School<br>Descriptors: Ethnographic case study<br>The Journal of Educational Research </p><p>3.Psychological Parameters of Students’ Social and Work Avoidance Goals: A Qualitative Investigation <br>Descriptors: Interviews and observations <br>Journal of Educational Psychology</p><p>4. Mother-Daughter Communication About Sex Among Urban African American and Latino Families <br> Descriptors: Separate focus groups of mothers and daughters <br>Journal of Adolescent Research </p><p>Combined Qualitative/Quantitative Research</p><p>5. The Interconnection of Childhood Poverty and Homelessness: Negative Impact/Points of Access <br>Descriptors: Interviews and standardized scales<br>Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services </p><p>6. Passionately Committed Psychotherapists: A Qualitative Study of Their Experiences <br> Descriptors: Interviews and self-report inventories<br>Professional Psychology: Research and Practice </p><p>7.Parental Involvement During the Transition to High School <br> Descriptors: Quantitative data and case studies <br>Journal of Adolescent Research <br>Content/Documentary Analysis</p><p>8. Gender Stereotyping and Intended Audience Age: An Analysis of Children’s Educational/Informational TV Programming <br>Descriptors: Coding of of TV programs <br> Communication Research Reports </p><p>9.Poverty As We Know It: Media Portrayals of the Poor <br> Descriptors: Comparison of of magazines with Census Bureau data <br>Public Opinion Quarterly </p><p>10.Ethnic Representation in a Sample of the Literature of Applied Psychology<br> Descriptors: Comparison of ethnicity in 14 journals with Census Bureau data <br> Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology </p><p>Survey Research</p><p>11. I’m Lonely and Apprehensive: The Presentation of Stigmatizing Information in Personal Ads <br>Descriptors: Mailed questionnaires<br>Communication Research Reports </p><p>12. Young Children’s Perceptions of Time Out <br> Descriptors: Observations and interviews <br>Journal of Research in Childhood Education </p><p>13. Black and White Girls’ Racial Preferences in Media and Peer Choices and the Role of Socialization for Black Girls <br> Descriptors: Personal interviews <br>Journal of Family Psychology </p><p>13. Black and White Girls’ Racial Preferences in Media and Peer Choices and the Role of Socialization for Black Girls <br> Descriptors: Personal interviews <br> Journal of Family Psychology </p><p>14. Most Working Women Deny Gender Discrimination in Their Pay <br>Descriptors: National telephone poll <br>The Gallup Poll Monthly </p><p>True Experimental Research</p><p>15. The Feasibility of a Web-Based Surveillance System to Collect Health Risk Behavior Data from College Students <br> Descriptors: Random assignment to treatments <br>Health Education & Behavior </p><p>16.Drinking Glucose Improves Listening Span in Students Who Miss Breakfast <br> Descriptors: Random assignment to treatments <br>Educational Research </p><p>17. The San Diego Navy Experiment: An Assessment of Interventions for Men Who Assault Their Wives <br> Descriptors: Random Assignment to treatments <br>Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology </p><p>Quasi-Experimental Research</p><p>18. Evaluation of a Brief Intervention for Increasing Seat Belt Use on a College Campus <br> Descriptors: Baseline, intervention, and follow-up <br>Behavior Modification </p><p>19. Comparison of Health Promotion and Deterrent Prompts in Increasing Use of Stairs Over Escalators <br> Descriptors: Comparison of two interventions <br>Perceptual and Motor Skills </p><p>20. Influence of Social Context on Reported Attitudes of Nondisabled Students Toward Students with Disabilities <br> Descriptors: Comparison of four interventions <br>Rehabilitation Counseling Newsletter </p><p>Pre-Experimental Research</p><p>21. Preliminary Evaluation of an Abstinence-Based Program for 7th-Grade Students from a Small Rural School District <br> Descriptors: Pretest-posttest design <br>Psychological Reports </p><p>22. The Effectiveness of a Sexuality Education Newsletter in Influencing Teenagers’ Knowledge and Attitudes About Sexual Involvement and Drug Use <br> Descriptors: Pretest-posttest design <br>Journal of Adolescent Research </p><p>Causal-Comparative Research</p><p>23. Measurement of Nonverbal Receptive Abilities in Medical Students <br> Descriptors: Matched control group <br>Perceptual and Motor Skills </p>