Balancing Change and Understanding in Literacy Research through Formative Experiments.

Reinking, David; Watkins, Janet

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ERIC Number: EJ587458

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Balancing Change and Understanding in Literacy Research through Formative Experiments.

Reinking, David; Watkins, Janet

National Reading Conference Yearbook, v47 p461-71 1998

Discusses formative experiments in literacy research. Outlines six components of a formative experiment. Offers an example of a formative experiment and describes establishing a pedagogical goal, specifying and justifying an intervention, collecting data, adapting the intervention in light of data, unanticipated effects, and changes in the educational environment. Discusses strengths and limitations of formative experiments in literacy research. (SR)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Literacy, Reading Research, Research and Development, Research Design, Theory Practice Relationship, Writing Research

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Language: English

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