Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good & Bad Education Research
Last week, I asked a question that had been on my mind:
How can you tell the difference between good and bad education research?
Colleagues in the Teacher Leaders Network and I have previously written about the importance of having a certain amount of healthy skepticism about research in the field, and I've written about the importance of being data-informed instead of being data-driven.
Even then, though, we need to be careful about which data is informing us, and how it is being interpreted.
In addition, I've compiled additional resources at The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research.
Today, two experienced education researchers have provided guest responses -- Matthew Di Carlo. from the Albert Shanker Institute and P. L. Thomas from Furman University. I'm also