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Scientific Research in Educationreviewed by Gary Natriello - 2004 Title: Scientific Research in Education Author(s): Richard J. Shavelson and Lisa Town, eds. Publisher: National Academy Press, Washington ISBN: 0309082919, Pages: 188, Year: 2002 Search for book at Amazon.com Approaching the task of reviewing Scientific Research in
Education, I had a faint understanding of the significant
challenge faced by the National Research Council Committee charged
with conducting a study to “…review and synthesize
recent literature on the science and practice of scientific
education research and consider how to support high quality science
in a federal education research agency” (p. 22).
Offering comment on the policies that might structure the flow of
federal research funds in education exposes the Committee to the
criticisms of any and all who view their interests as at stake,
i.e., every serious educational researcher. As if providing
advice to the federal government in this area were not a
sufficiently daunting task, the Committee and the editors of this
report took it upon themselves to offer advice to the entire field
of education research.
This book is an act of courage, for which the members of the
Committee should be applauded even by those who disagree with the
advice presented. The field... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Gary Natriello
Teachers College, Columbia University E-mail Author Gary Natriello is Professor of Sociology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and the executive editor of the Teachers College Record.
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