Empirical Methods for Evaluating Educational Interventions
Phye, Gary D. (Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A.) / Robinson, Daniel H. (University of Texas, Austin, U.S.A.) / Levin, Joel (University of Arizona, Tuscon, U.S.A.)
New US government requirements state that federally funded grants and school programs must prove that they are based on scientifically proved improvements in teaching and learning. All new grants must show they are based on scientifically sound research to be funded, and budgets to schools must likewise show that they are based on scientifically sound research. However, the movement in education over the past several years has been toward qual...