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Talking Science to Schools: Organizing the Research-Practice Nexus in Early 21st Century American Education
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Shenghe Ye – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation is concerned with the "research-practice gap," the notion that the development of scientific knowledge in education has been relatively ineffective in addressing the practical problems of schooling. Research and Practice have been differentiated on the basis of actors, practices, expertise, organizational contexts,…
Descriptors: Praxis, Theory Practice Relationship, Science Education, Governance
Using Treatment Integrity in the Classroom to Bring Research and Practice Together
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De Fazio, Carina M.; Fain, A. Christi; Duchaine, Ellen L. – Beyond Behavior, 2011
Legislation such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and its reauthorization, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, mandate that evidence-based practices be used in schools. In fact, NCLB requires that "scientifically-based research" be the basis for classroom practices…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
Benefits of Teacher Collaboration across Varying Stages of the Research Process
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Lang, Russell; Page, Sue – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2011
Professionals mostly agree that scientific research should guide practice in education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA; 2004) and the No Child Left Behind Act (2002) require that students with disabilities receive research-based practices in the "least restrictive environment." Because the least…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Teacher Collaboration
Reducing the Gap between Research and Practice in School Psychology
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Kehle, Thomas J.; Bray, Melissa A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
We argue that the existence of the gap is perhaps a result of an overallegiance to the medical model and the lack of measurable criteria regarding the definition of an educated and psychologically healthy student. Further, an additional and equally daunting problem for school psychological practice is that it is influenced by general education…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, School Psychology, Federal Legislation
A Perspective on Single/within Subject Research Methods and "Scientifically Based Research."
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McDonnell, John; O'Neill, Rob – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2003
This article discusses concerns with the No Child Left Behind definition of scientifically based research and its preference for random-assignment experiments from a single/within subject research perspective. A comprehensive program of research that can focus on the bridging the gap between research and practice is proposed. (CR)
Descriptors: Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research