Guest editors: Matthew T. McCrudden, Victoria University of Wellington, Gwen Marchand, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Paul A. Schutz, University of Texas at San Antonio
Scope
The purpose of this special issue is to highlight the use mixed methods research in educational psychology. Mixed methods research can be defined as “research in which the investigator collects and analyzes data, integrates the findings, and draws inferences using both qualitative and quantitative approaches or methods in a single study or program of inquiry” (Tashakkori & Creswell, 2007, p. 4).” A primary benefit of collecting and mixing quantitative and quantitative data is that it can provide a more comprehensive understanding of a research topic than by using either data set alone (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2011). This special issue aims to highlight the use of mixed methods across a range of topics that are relevant to educational psychology.
Contemporary Educational Psychology calls for empirical manuscripts that use mixed methods to investigate topics in educational psychology. Thus, we invite original empirical manuscripts that use mixed methods to investigate topics that include, but are not limited to, classroom social and emotional processes, cognition and instruction, learning in formal and informal settings, and motivation.
The review criteria include:
o Importance of the topic
o Alignment between research questions and mixed methods design
o Mixed methods design
o Sampling
o Mixed methods integration
o Insightfulness of discussion
o Writing quality
o Interest to CEP readership
Timeline and Submission/Review Process
November 1, 2016 – Authors who intend to submit a manuscript for the special issue are required to submit a 1-2 page outline summary of the manuscript under development. The summary should include:
o a brief description of the topic,
o the specific mixed methods design/approach that will be used, and
o expected plan for presenting and mixing the quantitative and qualitative strands.
Guest editors will respond to all summary submissions. Please submit summaries and questions about the special issue to ([email protected]).
July 1, 2017 – Original manuscripts due to the online submission system.
References
Creswell, J. & Plano Clark, V. (2011). Designing and conducting mixed methods research (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage.
Tashakkori, A., & Creswell, J. W. (2007). The new era of mixed methods. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(1), 3-7.