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"Understanding and Evaluating Research," third edition, is a supplemental textbook appropriate for all courses in educational research. A reader, this text contains quantitative "and" qualitative educational research articles from a variety of professional journals. With each article is a sample article analysis and exercises that help students become better consumers of research. The third edition is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of a new chapter on " Mixed Method Designs" and two mixed-method studies, revised and expanded discussion of qualitative methods, more emphasis given to randomized designs, revision of research typology, and features eight new articles.

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• Chapter 1 Introduction to Reading Educational Research(p. 1)
• Chapter 2 Quantitative Nonexperimental Designs(p. 13)
• "Differing Opinions on Testing between Preservice and Inservice Teachers"(p. 16)
• "The Impact of Alternate Assessments: A Statewide Teacher Survey"(p. 26)
• "Classroom Teachers' and Music Specialists' Perceived Ability to Implement the National Standards for Music Education"(p. 41)
• "Relationship between Parents, Peers, Morality, and Theft in an Adolescent Sample"(p. 52)
• "College Success of Students from Three High School Settings"(p. 65)
• Chapter 3 Quantitative Experimental Designs(p. 79)
• "Motivational Effects on Test Scores of Elementary Students"(p. 82)
• "Effects of a Children's Book and a Traditional Textbook on Fifth-Grade Students' Achievement and Attitudes toward Social Studies"(p. 90)
• "Effects of Cooperative Learning among Hispanic Students in Elementary Social Studies"(p. 100)
• "Grade Distributions, Grading Procedures, and Students' Evaluations of Instructors: A Justice Perspective"(p. 110)
• Chapter 4 Qualitative Designs(p. 119)
• "Building Bridges to Student Engagement: Communicating Respect and Care for Students in Urban High Schools"(p. 124)
• "Rites of Passage among Women Reentering Higher Education"(p. 139)
• "How Does the Textbook Contribute to Learning in a Middle School Science Class?"(p. 154)
• Chapter 5 Action/Practitioner Research(p. 173)
• "Effects of Curriculum Alignment versus Direct Instruction on Urban Children"(p. 175)
• "Improving the Grades of Student Athletes: A Study of Attitudes, Expectations, and Academic Performance"(p. 184)
• Index(p. 201)