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ERIC Number: EJ1431351
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1934-5747
EISSN: EISSN-1934-5739
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A Knowledge Mobilization Framework: Toward Evidence-Based Statistical Communication Practices in Education Research
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, v17 n3 p540-560 2024
The evidence-based decision-making movement often assumes that once evidence is available (e.g., via the What Works Clearinghouse), decision-makers will integrate it into their practice. Research-practice partnership studies have shown this is not always true. In this paper, we argue that instead of assuming research will be useful and used, we should directly study strategies for disseminating evidence and mobilizing knowledge. We present a framework for organizing knowledge mobilization research into three facets: (1) examining "norms" embedded in evidence we communicate, (2) "descriptively" understanding how decision-makers reason about this evidence as well as their varied decision-making needs, and (3) "prescriptively" developing and evaluating communication strategies that facilitate better use of evidence by decision-makers. We delineate this three-faceted framework--"normative," "descriptive," "prescriptive"--and demonstrate how it considers the perspectives and priorities of both researchers and decision-makers. Focusing on a case study--of how statistical evidence is conveyed by clearinghouses--we point to existing evidence in education and other fields such as data visualization and cognitive psychology that should inform our communication practices and identify areas where further knowledge mobilization research is needed.
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Related Records: ED661724
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B140042
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