On Faith and Microscopes: Methodological Lenses for Learning about Learning.

Singer, Judith D.

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ERIC Number: EJ596399

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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On Faith and Microscopes: Methodological Lenses for Learning about Learning.

Singer, Judith D.

Review of Educational Research, v63 n3 p353-64 Fall 1993

Expresses doubts about whether the evidence presented by M. Wang, G. Haertel, and H. Walberg provides robust and consistent findings that could, or should, be used to inform educational policy and practice. Discusses five questions about the methodology of the study, and indicates that basing educational policy on their findings would be merely an act of faith. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Research Utilization, Teacher Competencies, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue focusing on the knowledge base for school learning. Commentary on "Toward a Knowledge Base for School Learning" by Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg, "Review of Educational Research" v63 n3 p249-94 Fall 1993.