Educational and Psychological Research

- 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.

Mildred Patten

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