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List of contents
Chapter 1 What is Research and Why You Should Care?
Chapter 2 What is the Question and Why is it Important? Evaluating the Introduction of a Research Report
Chapter 3 Who Answered the Question? Evaluating the Participant Sample
Chapter 4 Could They Answer the Question? Evaluating the Procedures and Instrumentation
Chapter 5 What Was the (Simple) Answer Please? Evaluating the Results Section
Chapter 6 So, Now What? Evaluating the Discussion Section
Chapter 7 Not the Last Chapter
Appendix A. Teaching Ethics to Mental Health Practica Students at the Master's Level: A Comparative Study.
Appendix B. Segregated Classrooms, Integrated Intent: How One School Responded to the Challenge of Developing Positive Interethnic Relations.
Appendix C. Procrastination in College Students: The Role of Self Efficacy and Anxiety.
Bibliography.
Index.
Summary
Understanding Research: Becoming A Compotent and Critical Consumer, first edition, teaches students how to read research articles and can be used as a core text in an introduction to educational research course or any course that focuses on teaching students how to read research articles. It can also be used as a supplementary text in courses that cover both producing and consuming research. This is the only text available that focuses primarily on teaching students how to read research articles.
