The scientific basis of educational productivity / edited by Rena F. Subotnik and Herbert J. Walberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Subotnik, Rena Faye.

Walberg, Herbert J., 1937-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Research in educational productivity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational productivity--United States--Congresses.

Educational productivity.

Education--Research--United States--Congresses.

Education.

Education--Research.

Evaluation.

United States.

Education--United States--Evaluation--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Greenwich, Conn. : IAP-Information Age Pub. ; [Philadelphia, PA] : Published in cooperation with LSS, [2006]

Contents:

Introduction and overview / Rena F. Subotnik and Herbert J. Walberg

Evidence-based reform : experimental and quasi-experimental research considered / Susan J. Paik

Scientific formative evaluation : the role of individual learners in generating and predicting successful educational outcomes / T.V. Joe Layng, Greg Stikeleather, and Janet S. Twyman

Blending experimental and descriptive research : the case of educating reading teachers / Elizabeth S. Pang and Michael L. Kamil

The enhancement of critical thinking : with decades of converging evidence, meta-analyses with large effect sizes, and societal need, would you allow your child to be assigned to a "control" group? / Diane F. Halpern

Improving educational productivity : an assessment of extant research / Herbert J. Walberg

The scientific basis for the theory of successful intelligence / Robert J. Sternberg

Science, politics, and education reform : the national Academies' role in defining and promoting high-quality scientific education research, 2000-2004 / Lisa Towne

American Board for Certification of teacher excellence : applying research to develop a standards-based teacher certification program / Kathleen Madigan

Evidence-based interventions and practices in school psychology : the scientific basis of the profession

Thomas R. Kratochwill

The institute of education sciences' what works clearinghouse / Robert Boruch and Rebecca Herman

Conclusions and recommendations / Herbert J. Walberg and Rena F. Subotnik.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1593114494

1593114508

OCLC:

61529779

Publisher Number:

9781593114497