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[math-learn] Is "Education Research" "Scientific Research" ? YES!"
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Richard Hake
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[math-learn] Is "Education Research" "Scientific Research" ? YES!"
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Oct 19, 2012 6:00 PM
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Some subscribers to Math-Learn might be interested in a recent post "Is 'Education Research' 'Scientific Research' ? YES!" [Hake (2012)]. The abstract reads:
********************************************* 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 - satisfies all the above criteria, whereas the unpublished, undated, and referenceless denunciation of Boaler's research by Bishop, Clopton, & Milgram at 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. *********************************************
To access the complete 12 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/Vdj88z>.
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University Links to Articles: <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0> Links to Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs: <http://bit.ly/9nGd3M> Academia: <http://bit.ly/a8ixxm> Blog: <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh> GooglePlus: <http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE> Twitter: <http://bit.ly/juvd52>
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.
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