Scientific Research in Education

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Title

Scientific Research in Education

Abstract/Description

Researchers, historians, and philosophers of science have debated the nature of scientific research in education for more than 100 years. Recent enthusiasm for "evidence-based" policy and practice in education—now codified in the federal law that authorizes the bulk of elementary and secondary education programs—have brought a new sense of urgency to understanding the ways in which the basic tenets of science manifest in the study of teaching, learning, and schooling.

Scientific Research in Education describes the similarities and differences between scientific inquiry in education and scientific inquiry in other fields and disciplines and provides a number of examples to illustrate these ideas. Its main argument is that all scientific endeavors share a common set of principles, and that each field—including education research—develops a specialization that accounts for the particulars of what is being studied. The book also provides suggestions for how the federal government can best support high-quality scientific research in education.

Author/creator

National Research Council

Date

2001

Editor

Shavelson, Richard J.

Towne, Lisa

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Textbook

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISBN

978-0-309-08291-4

DOI

10.17226/10236

URL

Open Access PDF (National Academies)

Citation

National Research Council. (2001). Scientific Research in Education (R. J. Shavelson & L. Towne, Eds.). https://doi.org/10.17226/10236

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5S Framework for Defining Problems Addressed Through Improvement Research in Education

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