How to Read, Evaluate, and Use Research

Paul A. Schutz, PhD is currently a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research interests include the nature of emotion, the influence of emotional experiences on teachers' identity development, research methods and issues related to race and social justice. He has several publications related to the use of mixed methods and has taught a variety of different research methods course, including qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research courses. He is a past president for Division 15: Educational Psychology of the American Psychological Association and a former co-editor of the Educational Researcher: Research News and Comment, a lead journal for the American Educational Research Association.

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview Chapter 2: Introduction and Overview of Data-Driven Articles Chapter 3: Literature Review Chapter 4: Methods and Results: Quantitative Approaches Chapter 5: Methods and Results: Qualitative Approaches Chapter 6: Methods and Results: Mixed Methods Approaches Chapter 7: Putting it All Together - Discussion, Conclusions, and Implications

This book will support learning for students and researchers in all avenues. Through introduction and development of key research topics, readers will gain a deeper understanding of some of the important fundamental concepts of research. -- Kristina Harshman The authors provide a well-defined yet simple explanation of how students can find, analyze, and apply research to their own evidence-based practice. -- Hollea Ryan This is an excellent and readable resource for doctoral students starting their dissertation process and at the beginning of their work to identify, integrate and apply scholarship to emerging research projects. It is one of the better texts I have seen in recent years that synthesizes the basic concepts for research methods and scholarly inquiry. -- Felice D. Billups Nichols et al. do a good job showing why research is important. I love that finding peer-reviewed sources is treated as a separate topic than the literature review. -- Trevor Brooks