Comments on: Shoddy Research http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=307 Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: teacherninja http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-526 teacherninja Sun, 04 May 2008 12:23:12 +0000 http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=307#comment-526 Educational research problematic because of the amount of variables. As a reading/ESL teacher I lean towards Stephen Krashen/Frank Smith and their ilk. But when I'm at in-services I hear teachers citing the scantest of evidence for things they do. One short article will cause them to turn off their fluorescents and turn on lamps, but a hundred years of solid research proving that spelling lists/weekly tests are a waste of time leaves them unmoved. Drives me nuts. Thanks! Educational research problematic because of the amount of variables. As a reading/ESL teacher I lean towards Stephen Krashen/Frank Smith and their ilk. But when I’m at in-services I hear teachers citing the scantest of evidence for things they do. One short article will cause them to turn off their fluorescents and turn on lamps, but a hundred years of solid research proving that spelling lists/weekly tests are a waste of time leaves them unmoved. Drives me nuts.

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]]> By: mrsdurff http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-525 mrsdurff Sat, 03 May 2008 13:37:38 +0000 http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=307#comment-525 Could it be that educators question the validity and therefore ignore? Could it be that educators question the validity and therefore ignore?

]]> By: Brendan http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-524 Brendan Fri, 02 May 2008 22:32:12 +0000 http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=307#comment-524 Matt, I enjoyed your article. I wrote about the same NY Times article on my blog http://schoolfinder.globalscholar.com/blog/123/real-world-math-doesnt-work/ I think I might use your articles on differentiated education as a prompt for a future articles. Matt,

I enjoyed your article. I wrote about the same NY Times article on my blog http://schoolfinder.globalscholar.com/blog/123/real-world-math-doesnt-work/
I think I might use your articles on differentiated education as a prompt for a future articles.

]]> By: Janice Stearns http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-523 Janice Stearns Fri, 02 May 2008 18:42:37 +0000 http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=307#comment-523 Mathew, Thanks for the resources. It's important in the educational environment to provide evidence of research. The problem is that research can be tweaked to fit needs. I don't know who to trust. Additionally, we all have anecdotal evidence of what invites powerful environments of learning, but research is necessary to convince others. I'll need to look closer at the resources you have provided that refutes earlier research findings. Mathew,
Thanks for the resources. It’s important in the educational environment to provide evidence of research. The problem is that research can be tweaked to fit needs. I don’t know who to trust.

Additionally, we all have anecdotal evidence of what invites powerful environments of learning, but research is necessary to convince others. I’ll need to look closer at the resources you have provided that refutes earlier research findings.

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