- This collection of research articles emphasizes topics of interest to classroom teachers.

- The 38 research articles illustrate:
-survey research

-quantitative content analysis

-correlational research

-true experimental research

-quasi-experimental research

-pre-experimental research

-single-subject research/behavior analysis

-causal-comparative research

-program evaluation

-qualitative research

-combined qualitative/quantitative research

-meta-analysis

- The lines in each article are numbered sequentially, making it easy to refer to specific parts of the article during classroom discussions.

- The availability of a single source of research articles is convenient and helps you avoid copyright infringement problems.

- Factual Questions at the end of each article allow students to check their comprehension.

- Questions for discussion stimulate classroom discussions of research methods.

- After answering the questions, students rate the quality of each article using 13 basic criteria. More detailed criteria in the Appendix may also be applied.

- Ideal for courses in which the primary goal is to learn how to evaluate research.

- Twenty-one different journals are represented in the 38 articles in this collection. Students see the diversity of educational research since the journals vary in their standards for publication.

- New to this edition: Thirteen new articles keep this popular research reader up-to-date.