Mildred L Patten

Educational and Psychological Research

A Cross-Section of Journal Articles for Analysis and Evaluation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

¿ 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 639g
• ISBN-13: 9781884585456
• ISBN-10: 1884585450
• Artikelnr.: 39241933

Autorenporträt

Mildred Patten

Inhaltsangabe

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