Quality research in literacy and science education international perspectives and gold standards /
Addresses implications for 'Gold Standards' of education research - especially in science education and literacy. This book explores perspectives on how best to implement multiple standards of education research.
| Other Authors: | Shelley, Mack C., 1950-, Yore, Larry D., Hand, Brian., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht ; London :
Springer,
2009.
Dordrecht ; London : 2009. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Education Research Meets the "Gold Standard": Evaluation, Research Methods, and Statistics after No Child Left Behind; Why "Gold Standard" Needs Another "s": Results from the Gold Standard(s) in Science and Literacy Education Research Conference; Research and Practice: A Complex Relationship?; Moving Beyond the Gold Standard: Epistemological and Ontological Considerations of Research in Science Literacy; Longitudinal Studies into Science Learning: Methodological Issues; An International Perspective of Monitoring Educational Research Quality: Commonalities and Differences.
- Considering Research Quality and Applicability Through the Eyes of StakeholdersResearching Effective Pedagogies for Developing the Literacies of Science: Some Theoretical and Practical Considerations; Pedagogy, Implementation, and Professional Development for Teaching Science Literacy: How Students and Teachers Know and Learn; Approaching Classroom Realities: The Use of Mixed Methods and Structural Equation Modeling in Science Education Research; Mixed-methodology Research in Science Education: Opportunities and Challenges in Exploring and Enhancing Thinking Dispositions.
- New Directions in Science Literacy EducationMultilevel Modeling with HLM: Taking a Second Look at PISA; Methods from Item Response Theory: Going Beyond Traditional Validity and Reliability in Standardizing Assessments; Confounding in Observational Studies using Standardized Test Data: Careful Disentanglement of Statistical Interpretations and Explanations; Predicting Group Membership using National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics Data; Incorporating Exploratory Methods using Dynamic Graphics into Multivariate Statistics Classes: Curriculum Development.
- Approaches to Broadening the Statistics CurriculaDr. Fox Rocks: Using Data-mining Techniques to Examine Student Ratings of Instruction; Process Execution of Writing and Reading: Considering Text Quality, Learner and Task Characteristics; Can We Make a Silk Purse from a Sow's Ear?; Speaking Truth to Power with Powerful Results: Impacting Public Awareness and Public Policy; Funding Patterns and Priorities: An International Perspective; Research Ethics Boards and the Gold Standard(s) in Literacy and Science Education Research; Data Sharing: Disclosure, Confidentiality, and Security.
- Stitching the Pieces Together to Reveal the Generalized Patterns: Systematic Research Reviews, Secondary Reanalyses, Case-to-case Comparisons, and Metasyntheses of Qualitative Research StudiesThe Gold Standard and Knowing What to Do; Reflections on Beyond the Gold Standards Era and Ways of Promoting Compelling Arguments about Science Literacy for All.