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Review of Educational Research

Review of Educational Research


eISSN: 19351046 | ISSN: 00346543 | Current volume: 94 | Current issue: 5 Frequency: Bi-monthly

The Review of Educational Research (RER, quarterly, begun in 1931; approximately 640 pp./volume year) publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education. Such reviews should include conceptualizations, interpretations, and syntheses of literature and scholarly work in a field broadly relevant to education and educational research. RER encourages the submission of research relevant to education from any discipline, such as reviews of research in psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, political science, economics, computer science, statistics, anthropology, and biology, provided that the review bears on educational issues. RER does not publish original empirical research unless it is incorporated in a broader integrative review. RER will occasionally publish solicited, but carefully refereed, analytic reviews of special topics, particularly from disciplines infrequently represented.



 

The Review of Educational Research publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education. Such reviews should include conceptualizations, interpretations, and syntheses of literature and scholarly work in a field broadly relevant to education and educational research. RER encourages the submission of research relevant to education from any discipline, such as reviews of research in psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, political science, economics, computer science, statistics, anthropology, and biology, provided that the review bears on educational issues. RER does not publish original empirical research, and all analyses should be incorporated in a broader integrative review. RER will occasionally publish solicited, but carefully refereed, analytic reviews of special topics, particularly from disciplines infrequently represented. The following types of manuscripts fall within the journal’s purview:

Integrative reviews pull together the existing work on an educational topic and work to understand trends in that body of scholarship. In such a review, the author describes how the issue is conceptualized within the literature, how research methods and theories have shaped the outcomes of scholarship, and what the strengths and weaknesses of the literature are. Meta-analyses are of particular interest when they are accompanied by an interpretive framework that takes the article beyond the reporting of effect sizes and the bibliographic outcome of a computer search.

Theoretical reviews should explore how theory shapes research. To the extent that research is cited and interpreted, it is in the service of the specification, explication, and illumination of a theory. Theoretical reviews and integrative reviews have many similarities, but the former are primarily about how a theory is employed to frame research and our understandings, and refer to the research as it relates to the theory.

Methodological reviews are descriptions of research design, methods, and procedures that can be employed in literature reviews or research in general. The articles should highlight the strengths and weaknesses of methodological tools and explore how methods constrain or open up opportunities for learning about educational problems. They should be written in a style that is accessible to researchers in education rather than methodologists.

Historical reviews provide analyses that situate literature in historical contexts. Within these reviews, explanations for educational phenomena are framed within the historical forces that shape language and understanding.

Commissioned reviews and thematic issues. The editors may commission and solicit authors to review areas of literature. In all other respects, commissioned reviews are subject to the same review process as submitted reviews. The editors also encourage readers to propose thematic topics for special issues and, as potential guest editors, to submit plans for such issues.

In addition to review articles, RER will occasionally publish notes and responses which are short pieces of no more than 1,200 words on any topic that would be of use to reviewers of research. Typically, they point out shortcomings and differences in interpretation in RER articles and policy.

The standards and criteria for review articles in RER are the following:

1. Quality of the Literature. Standards used to determine quality of literature in education vary greatly. Any review needs to take into account the quality of the literature and its impact on findings. Authors should attempt to review all relevant literature on a topic (e.g., international literature, cross-disciplinary work, etc.).

2. Quality of Analysis. The review should go beyond description to include analysis and critiques of theories, methods, and conclusions represented in the literature. This analysis should also examine the issue of access—which perspectives are included or excluded in a body of work? Finally, the analysis should be reflexive—how does the scholars’ framework constrain what can be known in this review?

3. Significance of the Topic. The review should seek to inform and/or illuminate questions important to the field of education. While these questions may be broad-based, they should have implications for the educational problems and issues affecting our national and global societies.

4. Impact of the Article. The review should be seen as an important contribution and tool for the many different educators dealing with the educational problems and issues confronting society.

5. Advancement of the Field. The review should validate or inform the knowledge of researchers and guide and improve the quality of their research and scholarship.

6. Style. The review must be well written and conform to style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). Authors should avoid the use of unexplained jargon and parochialism.

7. Balance and Fairness. The review should be careful not to misrepresent the positions taken by others, or be disrespectful of contrary positions.

8. Purpose. Any review should be accessible to the broad readership of RER. The purpose of any article should be to connect the particular problem addressed by the researcher(s) to a larger context of education.

We also encourage all authors interested in submitting a manuscript to RER to read our Editorial Vision for more information on our publication aims.

Co-Editors
Mildred Boveda Pennsylvania State University, USA
Karly Sarita Ford The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Erica Frankenberg The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Francesca López The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Associate Editors
Melanie Acosta Florida Atlantic University, USA
Brittany Aronson Pennsylvania State University, USA
Laura Bofferding Purdue University, USA
Jessica DeCuir-Gunby University of Southern California, USA
Sherman Dorn Arizona State University, USA
Carlton J. Fong Texas State University, USA
ChanMin Kim Pennsylvania State University, USA
Daniel D. Liou Arizona State University, USA
Jameson Lopez University of Arizona, USA
Edna Tan University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
Adai Tefera University of Arizona, USA
Federico R. Waitoller University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Editorial Board
Dor Abrahamson University of California, Berkley
Patricia Alexander University of Maryland, USA
Jasmine Alvarado University at Buffalo - SUNY, USA
Ryan Baker University of Pennsylvania, USA
Brian Belland Pennsylvania State University, USA
Elizabeth Bettini Boston University, USA
Paulo Blikstein Columbia University, USA
Melissa Braaten University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Saskias Casanova University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Clark Chinn Rutgers University, USA
Geraldine Cochran Ohio State University, USA
Dionne Cross University of North Carolina, USA
Eric Dion University of Quebec, Canada
Susan Faircloth Colorado State University, USA
Erin Furtak University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Steve Graham Arizona State University, USA
Jeffrey Greene University of North Carolina, USA
Kris D. Gutiérrez University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Hickey Indiana University, USA
Megan Holland Iantosca University at Buffalo - SUNY, USA
Bryant Jensen Brigham Young University, USA
Matthew Kelly Pennsylvania State University, USA
Suneal Kolluri University of California, Riverside, USA
Jill Koyama Arizona State University,USA
María Ledesma San Jose State University, USA
Robb Lindgren University of Illinois, USA
Endia Lindo Texas Christian University, USA
David Lubinski Vanderbilt University, USA
Erica McCray University of Florida, USA
Kathryn McDermott University of Massachusets, Amherst, USA
Susan McKenney University of Twente, Netherlands
Emma Mercier University of Illinois, USA
Nicole Mirra Rutgers University, USA
Jens Möller University of Kiel, Germany
Laura Muñoz University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
Justin C. Ortagus College of Education, University of Florida, USA
Leigh Patel University of Pittsburgh, USA
Peng Peng University of Texas-Austin, USA
Joshua Polanin American Institutes for Research, USA
Raquel Rall University of California, Riverside, USA
Joshua Rosenberg University of Tennessee, USA
Brian Smith Boston College, USA
Catherine Snow Harvard University, USA
Jon Star Harvard University, USA
Andrei Streke Mathematica, USA
David Stroupe University of Utah, USA
Iris Tabak Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Katie Taylor University of Washington, USA
Sharon Tettegah University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Antar Tichavakunda University of Cincinnati, USA
Tracy Arámbula Turner University of Vermont, USA
Jan Van Driel University of Melbourne, Australia
Adriana Villavicencio Texas State University, USA
Catherine Voulgarides Hunter College, USA
Andrea Weinberg Arizona State University, USA
Camille Wilson University of Michigan,USA
Suzanne M. Wilson University of Connecticut, USA
Susan Yoon University of Pennsylvania, USA
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