AERA Books List

Handbook of Research on Teaching, Fifth Edition (2016)
The fifth edition of the Handbook of Research on Teaching is an essential resource for students and scholars dedicated to the study of teaching and learning. The volume covers a vast array of topics ranging from the history of teaching to technological and literacy issues. In each authoritative chapter, the authors summarize the state of the field while providing a conceptual overview of a critical aspect of research on teaching. Each of the volume’s 23 chapters is a canonical piece that will serve as a reference tool for the field. The chapters, all broad treatments of areas of study, will help readers see how particular areas of research connect with the larger issues of teaching and teacher education. The Handbook, therefore, provides readers with a “20,000-foot view” of the current state of education research.

Thinking and Acting Systemically: Improving School Districts Under Pressure (2016)
Solving the puzzle of school district turnaround to bring about system-wide—rather than school-by-school—improvement has the potential to dramatically raise education outcomes. This timely and significant book will focus on systemic approaches to improving education by targeting the school district as the unit of reform and will argue for new theoretical and methodological strategies. This volume will explore and spotlight the empirical, theoretical, and methodological innovations that have focused on persistently struggling districts and provide much-needed practical information, based on high-quality research, for all who care about improving education outcomes.

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Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (New Edition - 2014)
Developed jointly by the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education, Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (Revised 2014) addresses professional and technical issues of test development and use in education, psychology, and employment.

Socializing Intelligence Through Academic Talk and Dialogue (2015)
Socializing Intelligence Through Academic Talk and Dialogue focuses on a fast-growing topic in education research. Over the course of 34 chapters, the contributors discuss theories and case studies that shed light on the effects of dialogic participation in and outside the classroom. This rich, transdisciplinary endeavor will appeal to scholars and researchers in education and many related disciplines, including learning and cognitive sciences, educational psychology, instructional science, and linguistics, as well as to teachers, curriculum designers, and educational policy makers.

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LGBTQ Issues in Education: Advancing a Research Agenda (2015)
LGBTQ Issues in Education: Advancing a Research Agenda examines the current state of the knowledge on LGBTQ issues in education and addresses future research directions. The editor and authors draw on existing literature, theories, and data as they synthesize key areas of research. Readers studying LGBTQ issues or working on adjacent topics will find the book to be an invaluable tool as it sets forth major findings and recommendations for additional research. Equally important, the book brings to light the importance of investing in research and data on a topic of critical educational and social significance.

Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning (2015)
Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning, edited by K. Ann Renninger, Martina Nieswandt, and Suzanne Hidi, is the first volume to assemble findings on the role of interest in mathematics and science learning, As the contributors illuminate across the volume’s 22 chapters, interest provides a critical bridge between cognition and affect in learning and development. This volume will be useful to educators, researchers, and policy makers, especially those whose focus is mathematics, science, and technology education.

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Prevention of Bullying in Schools, Colleges, and Universities: Research Report and Recommendations (2013)
This report results from the work of a blue-ribbon AERA task force mandated to prepare and present practical short-term and long-term recommendations to address bullying of children and youth.

Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility (2012)
Today, many research literatures—e.g., health, housing, transportation, and education—focus on civic progress, yet rarely are there efforts to interrelate these literatures to better understand urgent problems and promising possibilities in education, wherein social context is central.

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International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education (2013)
The environment and contested notions of sustainability are increasingly topics of public interest, political debate, and legislation across the world. Environmental education journals now publish research from a wide variety of methodological traditions that show linkages between the environment, health, development, and education.

Handbook of Education Policy Research (2009)
Educational policy continues to be of major concern. Policy debates about economic growth and national competitiveness, for example, commonly focus on the importance of human capital and a highly educated workforce.

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StudyingDiversityThumbnail Studying Diversity in Teacher Education (2011)
A collaborative effort by experts seeking to elucidate one of the most important issues facing education today. The volume examines historically persistent, unresolved issues in teacher education and the research currently being done to address these issues.

Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research (2006)
The Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research is a successor volume to AERA’s earlier and highly acclaimed editions of Complementary Methods for Research in Education.

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Estimating Causal Effects: Using Experimental and Observational Designs (2007)
A think tank white paper prepared under the auspices of the AERA Grants Program.

Studying Teacher Education: The Report of the AERA Panel on Research and Teacher Education (2005)
This landmark volume presents the work of the American Educational Research Association's Panel on Research and Teacher Education.

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Black Education: A Transformative Research and Action Agenda for the New Century (2005)
This volume presents the findings and recommendations of the American Educational Research Association's Commission on Research in Black Education (CORIBE) and offers new directions for research and practice.

Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (1999 Edition)
This 1999 edition of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing has been superseded by the 2014 edition. The American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education recommend use of the 2014 Standards as the authoritative source of testing standards. The 1999 edition continues to be available for scholarly purposes.

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Other Popular Books

Handbook of Research on Teaching (Fourth Edition - 2001)
This 1,296-page handbook reflects current and sometimes competing schools of thought and presents exciting possibilities for educational research and writing.

Book Cover The Nation’s Report Card: Evolution and Perspectives (2004)
This book traces the challenges that the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has faced since its inception, and catalogues the unprecedented conceptual and technical advances that have led to NAEP’s solid reputation for integrity and psychometric rigor.

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Complementary Methods for Research in Education (Second Edition - 1997)
Instructional materials covering nine approaches that may be used to explore problems in education.

Book Cover Ethical Standards of the American Educational Research Association: Cases and Commentary (2002)
This 2002 volume corresponds to the Ethical Standards adopted in 1992 and superseded by the 2011 AERA Code of Ethics. This book, nevertheless, remains a useful resource of cases and commentaries regarding ethical principles and practices.

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Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities (2003)
Stemming from a project initiated by AERA and Stanford University’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, this book addresses the many facets of racial dynamics in higher education.

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Annual Meeting Programs (Available for 2010-2016)

Lists all Annual Meeting sessions and presentations. Depending on year, number of pages ranges from 340pp to 510pp.

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AERA Return, Discount, and Purchase Order Policy
No refunds for returned books. Discounts are not available to agencies. There is a $5.00 fee for purchase orders.