A comprehensive review of research.
A comprehensive review of research.
The title of this report reveals its purpose precisely: to spur actions that will advance scientific research in education. Our recommendations for accomplishing this goal build on the National Research Council report Scientific Research in Education. That report offered an articulation of what constitutes high-quality scientific inquiry in education; this report recommends ways to promote it.
A wide gap separates statistics teaching from statistical practice. This volume presents a view of statistics that reflects statistical practice as well as changing emphases in statistics research and in the approach that statisticians take to their subject.
As the link between statistics and diverse fields of application, data analysis confronts the challenge of turning data into useful knowledge.
In this chapter, we use preparation for future learning assessments to work backwards to identify the types of prior knowledge that prepare students to learn. We highlight how to develop a specific form of prior knowledge that many current models of learning and instruction do not address very well.