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Chapter 1 Introduction to Reading Educational Research	p. 1
Chapter 2 Quantitative Nonexperimental Designs	p. 13
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The Impact of Alternate Assessments: A Statewide Teacher Survey	p. 16
Factors That Influence Self-Efficacy of Counseling Students: An Exploratory Study	p. 29
Relationship between Parents, Peers, Morality, and Theft in an Adolescent Sample	p. 38
College Success of Students from Three High School Settings	p. 49
Chapter 3 Experimental Designs	p. 60
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The Effects of an Early Reading Curriculum on Language and Literacy Development of Head Start Children	p. 63
The Influence of Concept Mapping on Achievement, Self-regulation, and Self-efficacy in Students of English as a Second Language	p. 74
Grade Distributions, Grading Procedures, and Students' Evaluations of Instructors: A Justice Perspective	p. 87
Chapter 4 Qualitative Designs	p. 94
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Building Bridges to Student Engagement: Communicating Respect and Care for Students in Urban High Schools	p. 98
"A Fly in the Buttermilk": Descriptions of University Life by Successful Black Undergraduate Students at a Predominately White Southeastern University	p. 111
Chapter 5 Mixed-Method Designs	p. 128
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The Artistic and Professional Development of Teachers: A Study of Teachers' Attitudes Toward and Use of the Arts in Teaching	p. 130
Preservice Teachers' Educational Beliefs and Their Perceptions of Characteristics of Effective Teachers	p. 146
Chapter 6 Action/Practitioner Research	p. 164
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When Do They Choose the Reading Center? Promoting Literacy in a Kindergarten Classroom	p. 166
Doing Research That Makes a Difference	p. 172
Index	p. 186