Researchers often rely on undergraduate students to participate in psychological studies and so ethical guidelines state that there must be educational value to their participation. In previous studies that have asked undergraduates whether they felt they learned something new from participating in research, students have generally said yes.…

This inventory suggests six categories to be used in evaluating reported experimental research in education and psychology: (1) research problem/hypothesis; (2) related literature; (3) research design; (4) data collection and analysis; (5) conclusions and generalizations; and (6) style and organization of report. (GDC)

The impact of interest on specific quantitative and qualitative measures was studied by examining the relationship between interest in research methodology by education students and knowledge in the area. The "Study Interest Questionnaire" (Winteler and Sierwald, 1987) and a questionnaire on interest in empirical research methodology were…