1. Review letters to the editor and opinion pieces in your local newspaper. Identify any errors in reasoning: overgeneralization, selective or inaccurate observation, illogical reasoning, or resistance to change.
2. Read the abstracts (initial summaries) of each article in a recent issue of a major educational research journal. (Ask your instructor for some good journal titles.) On the basis of the abstract only, classify each research project represented in the articles as primarily descriptive, exploratory, explanatory, or evaluative. Note any indications that the research focused on other types of research questions.
