¿ 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.