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Hawe, Penelope; Conte, Kathleen P.; Groen, Sisse; Loblay, Victoria; Green, Amanda; Innes-Hughes, Christine; Milat, Andrew; Persson, Lina; Mitchell, Jo; Thackway, Sarah; Williams, Mandy – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2021
Background: A number of ways to conduct research are designed to maximise the likelihood that evidence from research is quickly transferred into practice. This includes action research and partnership research between researchers and policy makers. Such approaches focus research effort on questions of highest relevance to practice and policy so as…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Cooperation, Researchers, Policy
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Li, Zhi; Sun, Emily; Strawser, Cassandra J.; Spiegel, Ariana; Klein, Brennan; Durgin, Frank H. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2013
Two experiments are reported concerning the perception of ground extent to discover whether prior reports of anisotropy between frontal extents and extents in depth were consistent across different measures (visual matching and pantomime walking) and test environments (outdoor environments and virtual environments). In Experiment 1 it was found…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Depth Perception, Pantomime, Physical Activities
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Jackson, Elizabeth – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2013
As a university lecturer, I find that a frequent question raised by Masters students concerns the methodology chosen for research and the rationale required in dissertations. This paper unpicks some of the philosophical coherence that can inform choices to be made regarding methodology and a well-thought out rationale that can add to the rigour of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Research Methodology, Doctoral Dissertations
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Rose, L. Todd; Fischer, Kurt W. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
The focus article by Coburn and Turner (this issue) seeks to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding data use in the context of data-use interventions. This commentary focuses on what the authors see as a glaring omission in what is otherwise a valuable framework: the issue of "useful data." It is their contention that the usefulness…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation
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Carrington, Suzanne – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This paper discusses Service-learning within an Australian higher education context as pedagogy to teach about inclusive education. Using Deleuze and Guattari's (1987) model of the rhizome, this study conceptualises pre-service teachers' learning experiences as multiple, hydra and continuous. Data from reflection logs of pre-service teachers…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inclusion, Learning Experience, Service Learning
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Hagen, Peter L. – NACADA Journal, 2008
This article presents a speech delivered by the author for the Kent M. Christiansen Memorial Lecture series in April 2008 at Arizona State University. The author discusses why he thinks that approaches to academic advising theory and research that arises out of the humanities can be of great value to practitioners in the field of academic…
Descriptors: Imagination, Academic Advising, Humanities, Faculty Advisers
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Lopes, J. Bernardino; Silva, Antonio Alberto; Cravino, Jose P.; Costa, Nilza; Marques, Luis; Campos, Carlos – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study is a meta-interpretative analysis that focuses on research conducted and published by other researchers. Concepts central to this study include global practical relevance, curriculum design, and formative situation. We analyzed 35 studies selected from 374 published studies in the years 2000 and 2001 in three journals referenced in the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Meta Analysis, Data Interpretation, Teacher Education Programs
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Stanger-Hall, Kathrin; Merriam, Jennifer; Greuling, Ruth Ann – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2007
In this case study, based on the reported rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in April 2005, students examine a real-world example of the scientific process and explore the practical implications of their conclusions. The case tells the story of Brad Murky, a student and research assistant who must decide whether the available evidence is…
Descriptors: Ornithology, Animals, Research Assistants, Case Studies