4 Reasons to Be Wary of Educational Research

Tired of hearing that a method is "research-based" and therefore you need to incorporate it into your classroom? Kate and Dave look at 4 reasons why educational research isn't always all it's cracked up to be: generalizability of the results, extraneous variables and the confusion over correlation and causation, the fallibility of brain research, and the use of student achievement data to determine effectiveness. Cook, T.D. & Campbell, D.T. (1979). Quasi-Experimentation: Design & Analysis Issues for Field Settings . Chicago: Rand McNally College Publishing Company. "Extraneous and confounding variables and systematic vs. non-systematic error" (n.d.) Psychology World . Retrieved from Hattie, J. (2009). Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement. New York: Routledge. Marzano, R.J. & Pickering, D.J. (2007). "The case for and against homework." ASCD: Educational Leadership . Retrieved from Watson, S (2008). "How fMRI works." How Stuff Works.com . Retrieved from

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