Psychological research in the classroom : issues for educators and researchers / [edited by] Teresa M. Amabile, Margaret L. Stubbs. - New York : Pergamon Press, c1982. - xiv, 267 p. ; 24 cm. - Pergamon general psychology series ; 108 .

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: The Issues

Introduction to Part I

1 Psychological Research in the Classroom: An Introduction to the Issues

2 Conversation I: The Gap between Teachers and Researchers

3 Conversation II: Issues in the Application of Research Results

4 A Visit to the Teachers' Lounge: A Dialogue on School Research

Part II: What Research Can Offer

Introduction to Part II

5 Social Psychologists in the Classroom

6 Developmental Psychologists in the Classroom

7 The Knowledge Base on Teaching: It's Here, Now

8 Methodology: Considerations for Classroom Research

Part III: Practitioners' Roles in Research

Introduction to Part III

9 Personal Research

10 Design Criteria for Collaborative Classroom Research

11 Practitioners and Research: A Practitioner's View

12 How Educators Make Decisions about Research: Research in the Brookline Public Schools

Part IV: Practitioners' Research Needs

Introduction to Part IV

13 Teacher Talk as a Tool for Effective Research

14 Writing about Practice

15 Case Study I: A Program for the Gifted

16 Case Study II: A Day Care Center

Part V: Prospects for Research in the Classroom

Introduction to Part V

17 Guess Who's Coming to the Classroom

18 Beyond the Ivory Tower

19 Some Guidelines for Collaboration between Educators and Researchers

Author Index

Subject Index

About the Editors and Contributors

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Education--Research.
Psychology--Research.

LB1028 / .P77 1982

370.72 AMA