Getting ‘What Works’ Working: Building Blocks for the Integration of Experimental and Improvement Science

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Title: Getting ‘What Works’ Working: Building Blocks for the Integration of Experimental and Improvement Science
Abstract/Description: As a systemic approach to improving educational practice through research, ‘What Works’ has come under repeated challenge from alternative approaches, most recently that of improvement science. While ‘What Works’ remains a dominant paradigm for centralized knowledge-building efforts, there is need to understand why this alternative has gained support, and what it can contribute. I set out how the core elements of experimental and improvement science can be combined into a strategy to raise educational achievement with the support of evidence from randomized experiments. Central to this combined effort is a focus on identifying and testing mechanisms for improving teaching and learning, as applications of principles from the learning sciences. This article builds on current efforts to strengthen approaches to evidence-based practice and policy in a range of international contexts. It provides a foundation for those who aim to avoid another paradigm war and to accelerate international discussions on the design of systemic education research infrastructure and funding.
Author/creator: Peterson, Amelia
Date: 2016
In publication: International Journal of Research & Method in Education
Volume: 39
Issue: 3
Pages: 299-313
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Synthesis/Overview
Keywords: education; evaluation; implementation; improvement science; evidence-based policy; knowledge mobilization; learner achievement; RCTs; ‘What Works’
Open access/full-text available: en Yes
Peer reviewed: en Yes
ISSN: 1743-727X
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2016.1170114
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (Taylor & Francis); Full-text PDF Shared by Author (Academia.edu)
Citation: Peterson, A. (2016). Getting ‘What Works’ Working: Building Blocks for the Integration of Experimental and Improvement Science. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 39(3), 299–313. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2016.1170114
Cited in: Cross-National Research on Continuous Improvement

Item sets: Open Access Resource (IRE); OB Citations - Cross National Research on Continuous Improvement

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