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Nickel, K. N. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Criticizes the methodology used by the American Institute for Research in its evaluation of Title VII bilingual education programs. (IRT)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Methodology
Danoff, M. N.; Coles, G. J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Two researchers defend the methodology they used in their evaluation of Title VII bilingual education programs. (IRT)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Methodology
Nickel, K. N. – 1979
The failure of educational research to fully allow for limitations in methodology when drawing conclusions is faulted. In addition to this, a failure on the part of the media--educational and other--to fully publicize these limitations is also criticized. Methodological shortcomings of the 1977-78 American Institutes of Research (AIR) study of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Control Groups, Data Collection
Download full textGray, Tracy – 1977
Interim results of the American Institutes for Research study on the impact of the ESEA Title VII Spanish/English Bilingual Education Program imply that certain inferences can be made about the program, inferences which are unjustifiable. By providing only statistical averages on a national sample, the report does a serious disservice by failing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
