Patten, M: Educational and Psychological Research

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Patten, M: Educational and Psychological Research

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O knihe

¿ 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.