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

Autor Mildred Patten
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2002
• 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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781884585456
ISBN-10: 1884585450
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 210 x 280 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Ediția:3
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction
Qualitative Research
1.Perceived Messages from Schools Regarding Adolescent Tobacco Use
 Descriptors: Focus groups of students
Communication Education
2. Cooperative Learning: Listening to How Children Work at School
Descriptors: Ethnographic case study
The Journal of Educational Research
3.Psychological Parameters of Students’ Social and Work Avoidance Goals: A Qualitative Investigation
Descriptors: Interviews and observations
Journal of Educational Psychology
4. Mother-Daughter Communication About Sex Among Urban African American and Latino Families
 Descriptors: Separate focus groups of mothers and daughters
Journal of Adolescent Research
Combined Qualitative/Quantitative Research

5. The Interconnection of Childhood Poverty and Homelessness: Negative Impact/Points of Access
Descriptors: Interviews and standardized scales
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services
6. Passionately Committed Psychotherapists: A Qualitative Study of Their Experiences
 Descriptors: Interviews and self-report inventories
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
7.Parental Involvement During the Transition to High School
 Descriptors: Quantitative data and case studies
Journal of Adolescent Research
Content/Documentary Analysis
8. Gender Stereotyping and Intended Audience Age: An Analysis of Children’s Educational/Informational TV Programming
Descriptors: Coding of of TV programs
 Communication Research Reports
9.Poverty As We Know It: Media Portrayals of the Poor
 Descriptors: Comparison of of magazines with Census Bureau data
Public Opinion Quarterly
10.Ethnic Representation in a Sample of the Literature of Applied Psychology
 Descriptors: Comparison of ethnicity in 14 journals with Census Bureau data
 Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Survey Research
11. I’m Lonely and Apprehensive: The Presentation of Stigmatizing Information in Personal Ads
Descriptors: Mailed questionnaires
Communication Research Reports
12. Young Children’s Perceptions of Time Out
 Descriptors: Observations and interviews
Journal of Research in Childhood Education
13. Black and White Girls’ Racial Preferences in Media and Peer Choices and the Role of Socialization for Black Girls
 Descriptors: Personal interviews
Journal of Family Psychology
13. Black and White Girls’ Racial Preferences in Media and Peer Choices and the Role of Socialization for Black Girls
 Descriptors: Personal interviews
 Journal of Family Psychology
14. Most Working Women Deny Gender Discrimination in Their Pay
Descriptors: National telephone poll
The Gallup Poll Monthly
True Experimental Research
15. The Feasibility of a Web-Based Surveillance System to Collect Health Risk Behavior Data from College Students
 Descriptors: Random assignment to treatments
Health Education & Behavior
16.Drinking Glucose Improves Listening Span in Students Who Miss Breakfast
 Descriptors: Random assignment to treatments
Educational Research
17. The San Diego Navy Experiment: An Assessment of Interventions for Men Who Assault Their Wives
 Descriptors: Random Assignment to treatments
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Quasi-Experimental Research
18. Evaluation of a Brief Intervention for Increasing Seat Belt Use on a College Campus
 Descriptors: Baseline, intervention, and follow-up
Behavior Modification
19. Comparison of Health Promotion and Deterrent Prompts in Increasing Use of Stairs Over Escalators
 Descriptors: Comparison of two interventions
Perceptual and Motor Skills 
20. Influence of Social Context on Reported Attitudes of Nondisabled Students Toward Students with Disabilities
 Descriptors: Comparison of four interventions
Rehabilitation Counseling Newsletter 
Pre-Experimental Research
21. Preliminary Evaluation of an Abstinence-Based Program for 7th-Grade Students from a Small Rural School District
 Descriptors: Pretest-posttest design
Psychological Reports 
22. The Effectiveness of a Sexuality Education Newsletter in Influencing Teenagers’ Knowledge and Attitudes About Sexual Involvement and Drug Use
 Descriptors: Pretest-posttest design
Journal of Adolescent Research 
Causal-Comparative Research
23. Measurement of Nonverbal Receptive Abilities in Medical Students
 Descriptors: Matched control group
Perceptual and Motor Skills

Descriere

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 33 research articles in this collection deal with broad issues in education and psychology. Discussion of these articles in class makes research methods come alive.
New to this edition: 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, and for a reader emphasizing clinical issues in psychology, see A Cross Section of Psychological Research.)