Mohammad Ali Salmani-Nodoushan , A Brief Overview of Classroom Research, Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 4,Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-374, ISSN 1683-8831, pjssci.2007.367.374, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2007.367.374) Abstract: New trends in language teaching have resulted in a move towards research in the language classroom. A brief overview of classroom research reveals three distinct but inter-related research paradigms: Classroom-centered research, classroom process research and qualitative research, respectively. Keywords: Classroom-centered research;classroom-process research;qualitative research;research in the language classroom;quality research