Resources for Doing Research
Sample Educational Research Journals (most available from ISU library)
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American Educational Research Journal
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Educational Administration Quarterly
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Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
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Educational Researcher
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Equity and Excellence in Education
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Harvard Educational Review
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International Journal of Leadership in Education
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International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
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Journal of Educational Administration
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Journal of Educational Research
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Journal of School Leadership
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Leadership and Policy in Schools
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Review of Educational Research
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Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly
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Teachers College Record
Software
Websites
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Achieve: "an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization that helps states raise academic standards, measure performance against those standards, establish clear accountability for results and strengthen public confidence in our education system. "
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Albert Shanker Institute: "a nonprofit organization dedicated to three themes: children's education, unions as advocates for quality, and freedom of association in the public life of democracies. Its mission is to generate ideas, foster candid exchanges, and promote constructive policy proposals related to these themes."
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American Association of School Administrators: "AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children."
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ASCD Research Briefs and Online Education Research Resources
- Child Trends' Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully (LINKS) Programs That Work – Or Don’t –To Enhance Children’s Development and Research for Researchers and Educators.
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Consortium on Chicago School Research: "an independent organization that conducts research activities designed to advance school improvement in Chicago's public schools and to assess the progress of school reform."
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Consortium for Policy Research in Education: "studies how reforms -- in policy, organization, or structure -- lead to improvements in instruction; how knowledge and experience influence reforms; and how the links between knowledge, reforms, and practice can be strengthened."
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Education Trust: "works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college. While we know that all schools and colleges could better serve their students, the Ed Trust focuses on the institutions most often left behind in plans to improve education ó those serving concentrations of low-income, Latino, African American or Native American students."
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Education Week's Education Issues A-Z section and archive
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UCLA Civil Rights Project nonprofit research organization exploring civil rights and education -- testing, the achievement gap, desegregation, etc.
- John Snow Website at UCLA's Department of Epidemology
- Learning Point Associates: "REL Midwest at Learning Point Associates provides expert advice to help educators and policymakers identify and apply scientifically valid research to their decision making." Publications section
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Public Agenda: "a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization."
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Qualitative Research page from University of Colorado/Denver
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U.S. Department of Education: Publications and reports
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APA style: Examples from the Purdue Writing Center or the University of Wisconsin, also see APA on citing electronic sources
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Citation Machine: Web form for APA format
Getting your Doctorate
At Iowa State University
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Apply to the Graduate College: application.
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Apply to the Ed Admin program with a goals statement and candidate support forms.
PhD humor and support
Resources for Keeping up with Research
Print/Electronic Publications
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Educational Leadership, Infobrief, and Classroom Leadership at www.ascd.org. You can get online membership / electronic access for $29/year.
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Phi Delta Kappan
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Rapid Response packets from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
- Research Studies Database from Education Commission of the States
Email/Listservs
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Education Commission of the States e-clips or e-connection
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Legal news: National School Boards Association Legal Clips
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Teachers College Record, TCRecord This Week: Create an account and sign up for email alerts.
Just for Fun
Dropping balls simulation of normal curve
Sheep Dash! Test your reflexes
Other psychological tests and such from the BBC
The Annals of Improbable Research (silly but true)
Description of research for Ask the Animals: Songs to Make Dogs Happy
Interactive maps:
- Adults With College Degrees in the United States, by County from the Census
- U.S. Religious Landscape from Pew
Interesting graphics:
- Muppets Name Etymology
- Price and adoption timeline of gadgets
Research Books in Popular Culture - Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
- Nurtureshock by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
- Outliers and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Preditably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely
- Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have to by Sian Beilock
- Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz