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Direct linkBanda, Devender R.; Therrien, William J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
Technical terms such as "meta-analysis," research synthesis," and "effect size" may sound alien to practitioners in the field of education. Due to limited knowledge on meta-analysis among educators, the results of meta-analyses seldom translate from research to classroom practice--even though meta-analyses may provide valuable information on how…
Descriptors: Guides, Meta Analysis, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship
Korthagen, Fred A. J. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
Increasingly, teachers--but also parents and politicians--voice dissatisfaction with the divide they experience between research and practice and the resulting minimal impact of teacher education (Ashton, 1996; Barone, Berliner, Blanchard, Casanova, & McGowan, 1996). The problem seems to be perennial. More than a century ago, John Dewey pointed…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship, Research Problems, Research Utilization
Peer reviewedForness, Steven R.; And Others – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
Explains how meta-analysis can be used to estimate the effectiveness of various teaching strategies in special education and related services. Identifies specific interventions with combined effect sizes that indicate either effectiveness (such as mnemonic strategies, enhancing reading comprehension), promise of effectiveness (stimulant drugs,…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Disabilities, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education
