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Using Contribution Analysis to Evaluate the Impacts of Research on Policy: Getting to "Good Enough"
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Riley, Barbara L.; Kernoghan, Alison; Stockton, Lisa; Montague, Steve; Yessis, Jennifer; Willis, Cameron D. – Research Evaluation, 2018
Assessing societal impacts of research is more difficult than assessing advances in knowledge. Methods to evaluate research impact on policy processes and outcomes are especially underdeveloped, and are needed to optimize the influence of research on policy for addressing complex issues such as chronic diseases. Contribution analysis (CA), a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Public Health, Research and Development Centers
Research as a Tool for Advocacy: A Commentary.
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McLaughlin, John A. – Remedial and Special Education, 1995
Research as a means to advocacy is discussed in this commentary on the research articles published in volume 16, issue 3 of "Remedial and Special Education." The role of quantitative and qualitative methods is considered, along with the researcher's ideological perspectives on research, and the importance of generating knowledge that promotes…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Disabilities, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Understanding English.
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Freedman, Elaine S. – System, 1986
Presents a brief overview of good research design and related statistical concepts in deliberately non-technical language and argues that an awareness of the basic principles of valid research on the part of teachers and researchers is necessary to put the findings of language and education research into proper perspective. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Teachers, Qualitative Research, Research and Development
Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1992, 1993, and 1994. Volume 42. Detailed Statistical Tables.
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National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1994
In 1993 over one hundred respondents submitted data in response to the National Science Foundation's annual survey of federal funds for research and development. Agencies reported their data as obligations and outlays incurred or expected to be incurred regardless of when they were appropriated. These tables present data for 33 agencies for fiscal…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Engineering, Expenditures, Federal Aid
Measurement and Research in the Service of Education.
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Findley, Warren G. – 1970
This running commentary cites examples to show that measurement and research in education, since Binet, have been used to solve school problems. Current problems cited stem from post-World War II acceptance of the goal of educating "all the children of all the people." Compensatory education, peer-tutoring vs. competitive scrambling, mastery…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Educational Problems, Educational Research
Research to Reality: Putting VET Research To Work. Proceedings of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA) Conference (4th, Adelaide, Australia, March 28-30, 2001).
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Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Alexandria. – 2001
This document contains 95 papers and summaries of 5 poster sessions from an Australian conference on putting vocational education and training (VET) research to work. The following are among the areas covered in the papers: factors affecting VET graduates' employability over time; technical and further education (TAFE) institutes as models of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Case Studies