A Method for Evaluating Research Articles in Education

Abstract

EXAMINATION OF current textbooks and courses in the field of education al research reveals increasing emphasis given the consumption of research. The problems of education are many; the alert and purposeful administrator and teacher are constantly searching for assistance in the solution of these problems. Many ideas and methods may be gained from the research report ed in periodical literature. The vast number of articles in the education area and in relevant areas make it necessary for the consumer of research to be critical in accepting the findings of reported research. Because of the increased use of objective methods of reporting research, increasingly objective criteria for the establishment of the quality of the re search may be employed. The present article is concerned with an attempt to devise and evaluate a technique which would facilitate the acquisition of skill in summarizing and evaluating research articles in education. The term scientific is used here to indicate the experimental or survey type research as distinct from documentary research, which may also be scientific.