Conducting Undergraduate Research in Education

Ruth J. Palmer is Emeritus Professor at The College of New Jersey where, as an Educational Psychologist with a teaching/research focus on adolescence, she was a member of the Department of Educational Administration and Secondary Education in the School of Education, and Affiliate Professor in the Department of African American Studies. Deborah L. Thompson is Emeritus Professor at The College of New Jersey where she was a member of the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education. She taught graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy and children’s literature. She also served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies where she taught a course on gender in children’s literature.

1: Undergraduate Research in Teacher Education: The Legacy, the Promise, the Responsibility by Ruth J. Palmer

2: Beginning the Investigation: The Research Question by Sylvia Talia

3: Building a Foundation for Undergraduate Research in Teacher Education: The Literature Review by Suzanne Lindt and Emily Smith

4: The Demands of Reading, Writing, and Thinking like Researchers by Deborah L. Thompson

5: Technology: The All-Purpose Research Tool for Discovery, Organization, and Collaboration by Judi Puritz Cook

6: Building Essential Components of a Research Project: Determining Topic, Research Design, and Ethical Conduct need by Giang-Nguyen T. Nguyen and Carla J. Thompson

7: Data Analysis: The Heart of the Research Study by Deborah L. Thompson

8: Building a Research Community with Peers, Near-Peers, and Experienced Mentors by Catherine L. Packer-Williams

9: Report Writing for Undergraduate Research in Teacher Education: Findings and Discussion by Arti Joshi and Jody Eberly

10: Report Writing II: Dissemination and Emerging Innovative Approaches by Jody Eberly and Arti Joshi

11: Toward Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Teacher Education Programs: Practice, Persistence, and Partnerships by Ruth J. Palmer