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Peer reviewedMcIsaac, Donald N.; Wanless, Dennis – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1985
Discusses the characteristics and development of a computer simulation laboratory for educational administration research at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and reviews an experimental study performed at the laboratory on stress in decision-making. Explores how simulations provide researchers access to experimental conditions unavailable…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Decision Making, Educational Research, Laboratory Experiments
Peer reviewedBronfenbrenner, Urie – Teachers College Record, 1976
This paper calls into question prevailing approaches to educational research (contrived experiments) and proposes a new perspective in method, theory, and substance (natural experiments). (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Psychology, Educational Environment, Educational Research
Baumann, James F. – 1981
There is some confusion in discriminating basic educational research (which explores the why's and how's of learning) from applied research (which seeks to test the implications of basic research results) because some investigations are conceived without a clear purpose. Thus, it is not uncommon for researchers to suggest implications that…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Educational Research, Elementary Education
