Improving Educational Research:Toward a More Useful, More Influential, and Better-Funded Enterprise

Burkhardt, Hugh; Schoenfeld, Alan H.

doi:10.3102/0013189x032009003

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“…A comparison with medicine is useful (Burkhardt and Schoenfeld 2003). A century ago medical practice was largely empirical.…”

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Ways to teach modelling—a 50 year study

Burkhardt

2017

ZDM Mathematics Education

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This article describes a sequence of design research projects, some exploratory others more formal, on the teaching of modelling and the analysis of modelling skills. The initial motivation was the author's observation that the teaching of applied mathematics in UK high schools and universities involved no active modelling by students, but was entirely focused on their learning standards models of a restricted range of phenomena, largely from Newtonian mechanics. This did not develop the numeracy/mathematical literacy that was so clearly important for future citizens. Early explorations started with modelling workshops with high school teachers and mathematics undergraduates, observed and analysed-in some case using video. The theoretical basis of this work has been essentially heuristic, though the Shell Centre studies included, for example, a detailed analysis of formulation processes that has not, as so often, been directly replicated. Recent work has focused on developing a formative assessment approach to teaching modelling that has proved both successful and popular. Finally, the system-level challenges in trying to establish modelling as an integral part of mathematics curricula are briefly discussed.

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“…A comparison with medicine is useful (Burkhardt and Schoenfeld 2003). A century ago medical practice was largely empirical.…”

Section: Comments On the Theoretical Approachmentioning

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“…• Educational research should be rebalanced to be more solution-focused (Burkhardt and Schoenfeld 2003;Burkhardt 2013Burkhardt , 2015, commanding more public trust -and funding.…”

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Ways to teach modelling—a 50 year study

Burkhardt

2017

ZDM Mathematics Education

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“…At the time these disciplines were useless, or even nonexistent: the steam engine was already widely used before any scientific theory could prove it would work; airplanes crossed the ocean before any scientific grounding was available. Likewise, education today still has a weak scientific basis, while quite some useful practical knowledge is available (Burkhardt and Schoenfeld, 2003;Kaestle, 1993).…”

Section: Educational Researchmentioning

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“…Design-based research focuses on learning in a practical context while combining generic scientific questions with the development of specific learning environments (Burkhardt and Schoenfeld, 2003). Action research assumes the involvement of educational practitioners for investigating and improving the practical context that they're working in (Lewin, 1946).…”

Section: Educational Researchmentioning

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The eventful genesis of educational media

Westera

2011

Educ Inf Technol

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This paper is a reflection on the history and future of educational media. Over the last century various new media technologies were introduced in education. Most of these failed to meet the high expectations. The paper reviews the rise and fall of various "revolutionary" learning media and analyses what went wrong. Three main driving factors are identified that influence the educational system: 1) educational practice, 2) educational research, and 3) educational technologies. The role and position of these factors is elaborated and critically reviewed. The paper concludes with identifying a number of relevant developments that substantiate a favourable future outlook of media for learning.

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“…An evidencebase with 'engineering power' is one that is sufficiently specific that it translates into CALL designs which work in practice (Burkhardt and Schoenfeld, 2003). Basic research refers to studies which provide insights into what specific features of digital environments create conditions and engage learners in processes that promote Second Language Acquisition (SLA), as well as what task variables promote SLA (Pederson, 1987).…”

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Constructing an evidence-base for future CALL design with ‘engineering power’: The need for more basic research and instrumental replication

Handley

2014

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This paper argues that the goal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) research should be to construct a reliable evidence-base with 'engineering power' and generality upon which the design of future CALL software and activities can be based. In order to establish such an evidence base for future CALL design, it suggests that CALL research needs to move away from CALL versus non-CALL comparisons, and focus on investigating the differential impact of individual attributes and affordances, that is, specific features of a technology which might have an impact on learning. Further, in order to help researchers find possible explanations for the success or failure of CALL interventions and make appropriate adjustments to their design, it argues that these studies should be conducted within the framework of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theory and research. Despite this, a recent review of research examining the effectiveness of CALL in primary and secondary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) found that CALL vs. non-CALL comparisons are still common and studies focusing on individual coding elements are rare. Further, few studies make links with SLA and few measure linguistic outcomes using measures developed in the field of SLA. One reason for this may be poor reporting of methods and difficulty in obtaining the instruments used in SLA research. Reporting guidelines and the use of the IRIS database (www.irisdatabse.org) are introduced as possible solutions to these problems.

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Improving Educational Research:Toward a More Useful, More Influential, and Better-Funded Enterprise

Cited by 376 publications

References 15 publications

Ways to teach modelling—a 50 year study

Ways to teach modelling—a 50 year study

The eventful genesis of educational media

Constructing an evidence-base for future CALL design with ‘engineering power’: The need for more basic research and instrumental replication

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