SAGE Journal Articles
SAGE Journal Articles combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
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Article 1: Bal, A., & Trainor, A. A. (2015). Culturally Responsive Experimental Intervention Studies: The Development of a Rubric for Paradigm Expansion. Review of Educational Research, 0034654315585004.
Summary: In this article, the authors developed a rubric, modeled after prior rubrics for quality indicators of special education research, identifying criteria for culturally responsive research. Rubric items were created following a systematic review of literature and gathering feedback from experts.
Questions to Consider:
1. How is culture used in the study?
2. What are some of the implications of the research findings?
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Article 2: Altman, M., Andreev, L., Diggory, M., King, G., Sone, A., Verba, S., & Kiskis, D. L. (2001). A Digital Library for the Dissemination and Replication of Quantitative Social Science Research. Social Science Computer Review, 19(4), 458-470.
Summary: The Virtual Data Center software is an open-source, digital library system for quantitative data. The authors discuss what the software does, how it provides an infrastructure for the management and dissemination of distributed collections of quantitative data, and the replication of results derived from these data.
Questions to Consider:
1. What does the VDC software do and how does it assist with the dissemination of data?
2. What are some of the key features of the VDC?
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Article 3: Zientek, L. R., Capraro, M. M., & Capraro, R. M. (2008). Reporting Practices in Quantitative Teacher Education Research: One Look at the Evidence Cited in the AERA Panel Report. Educational Researcher, 37(4), 208-216.
Summary: The authors of this article examine the analytic and reporting features of research articles cited in Studying Teacher Education: The Report of the AERA Panel on Research and Teacher Education (Cochran-Smith & Zeichner, 2005b) that used quantitative reporting practices. Their purpose was to help to identify reporting practices that can be improved to further the creation of the best possible evidence base for teacher education
Questions to Consider:
1. What are some of the author’s findings and how can they be utilized to assist both researchers and journal article editors?
2. Discuss the validity and reliability of the study.