SAGE Journal Articles
SAGE Journal Articles combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
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Article 1: Henson, R. K., Hull, D. M., & Williams, C. S. (2010). Methodology in our education research culture toward a stronger collective quantitative proficiency. Educational Researcher, 39(3), 229-240.
Summary: The purpose of this article is to examine how quantitative methods are used in the literature and taught in doctoral programs. Evidence points to deficiencies in quantitative training and application in several areas: (a) methodological reporting problems, (b) researcher misconceptions and inaccuracies, (c) overreliance on traditional methods, and (d) a lack of coverage of modern advances. An argument is made that a culture supportive of quantitative methods is not consistently available to many applied education researchers.
Questions to Consider:
1. How do the authors define collective quantitative proficiency?
2. Identify some of the research misconceptions and inaccuracies that were discussed in the article.
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Article 2: Burkhardt, H., & Schoenfeld, A. H. (2003). Improving educational research: Toward a more useful, more influential, and better-funded enterprise. Educational Researcher, 32(9), 3-14.
Summary: This article explores why and suggests ways that the situation could be improved. The author’s focus is on the processes that link the development of good ideas and insights, the development of tools and structures for implementation, and the enabling of robust implementation in realistic practice. The authors suggest that educational research and development should be restructured so as to be more useful to practitioners and to policymakers, allowing the latter to make better-informed, less-speculative decisions that will improve practice more reliably.
Questions to Consider:
1. According to the authors, what can lead to improved education policy?
2. Identify the oldest tradition in education.
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Article 3: VanDerHeyden, A., & Harvey, M. (2012). Using data to advance learning outcomes in schools. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 1098300712442387.
Summary: This article describes the emergence and influence of evidence-based practice and data-based decision making in educational systems. Increasingly, educators and consumers want to know that resources allocated to educational efforts yield strong effects for all learners.
Questions to Consider:
1. What are the author’s recommendations for implementing Rtl?
2. How can EBP and Rtl be used to improve efficiency, efficacy, and equity in education?