VIC363H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Alternative Education, Statistical Significance, Size Small
19 Apr 2016
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Syntheses are intended to communicate evidence to educators making real- life choices among programs or practices. Syntheses do not rate the overall quality of studies. Value external validity and practical utility as highly as research design. Program evaluation syntheses provide useful summaries of experimental evidence. Evidence-based reform refers to policies and practices that are explicitly based on evidence of what works in education. Concern: research in education is too context bound to allow for generalizations about the likely effectiveness of educational programs. Programs affect different students and different categories of students differently. Outcomes vary from study to study, but overall effects are positive, and the larger, better-designed studies produce the best effects. Well-supported averages matter: important to synthesize the findings of program evaluation studies in a way that provides the best possible summary to educators and policy makers. Importance of providing educators and policy makers with well-justified average effects of programs.
