Some subscribers to
MathEdCC might be interested in a recent post "Is 'Education
Research' 'Scientific Research' ? YES!" [Hake (2012)]. The
abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: GS Chandy
at <http://bit.ly/PfqJqt> wrote (liberally paraphrasing and
drastically condensing); "Judging from his posts on the over
40-post Math-Teach thread 'Jo Boaler reveals attacks by Milgram and
Bishop' at <http://bit.ly/Ty9tbf>, Robert Hansen is wrong in his
claim that 'Education Research' is not 'Scientific Research.'
"
To which Hansen at
<http://bit.ly/RHESbF> responded with the following statement
(paraphrasing) of which the 2nd and 3rd sentences are blatantly false
(as I indicate in this post): "In scientific research,
conclusions are tested repeatedly by many different researchers. In
educational research, they are not. One does a study, claims success,
publishes it and that is the end of it."
The National
Academies' "Scientific Research in Education" at
<http://bit.ly/VjrQaV> suggests six guiding principles that underlie all
scientific inquiry, including education research: (1) Pose Significant
Questions That Can Be Investigated Empirically, (2) Link Research to
Relevant Theory, (3) Use Methods That Permit Direct Investigation of
the Question,
(4) Provide a Coherent and Explicit Chain of Reasoning, (5) Replicate
and Generalize Across Studies, and (6) Disclose Research to Encourage
Professional Scrutiny and Critique.
In my opinion Jo
Boaler's research - see the material at <http://bit.ly/R6XsuP> &
<http://joboaler.com/> and Boaler & Staples (2008) at
<http://bit.ly/R8FGsG> - satisfies all the above criteria,
whereas the unpublished, undated, and referenceless denunciation of
Boaler's research by Bishop, Clopton, & Milgram at
<http://tinyurl.com/czsa4c> does not.
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To access the
complete 12 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/Vdj88z>.
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed
on 19 Oct 2012.]
Hake, R.R. 2012.
"Is 'Education Research' 'Scientific Research' ? YES!"
online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/Vdj88z>.
Post of 19 Oct 2012 13:11:11-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract
and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several
discussion lists and are also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/OPmCjt> with a provision for
comments.