From Evidence to Knowledge to Policy: Research Synthesis for Policy Formation.

Hedges, Larry V.; Waddington, Tad

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Publication Date: 1993

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From Evidence to Knowledge to Policy: Research Synthesis for Policy Formation.

Hedges, Larry V.; Waddington, Tad

Review of Educational Research, v63 n3 p345-52 Fall 1993

M. Wang, G. Haertel, and H. Walberg have produced a summary of the bivariate relationships that influence learning. The problem is how to convert such evidence into knowledge, and the knowledge into policy. Discusses how health science provides a guide for making the conversion from evidence to policy. (SLD)

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

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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.