Research in Mathematics Education: Multiple Methods for Multiple Uses

I do not think any thoughtful researcher today believes that experiments or randomized field trials are the "gold standard" for addressing all the important questions in educational research. Yet, because these designs are now required by the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and are be...

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Published in:Journal for research in mathematics education 2009-05, Vol.40 (3), p.216-240
Main Authors: Battista, Michael, Smith, Margaret S, Boerst, Timothy, Sutton, John, Confrey, Jere, White, Dorothy, Knuth, Eric, Quander, Judith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic standards
Construct Validity
Cubes
Curricula
Educational Research
Error Patterns
Experimentation
Experiments
Field Studies
Laboratories
Learning
Mathematics Achievement
Mathematics Education
No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US
Qualitative Research
Reasoning
Research Committee
Research Methodology
Research methods
Research studies
Schemata (Cognition)
Scientific Research
Statistical Analysis
Teachers
Trend Analysis
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Summary:I do not think any thoughtful researcher today believes that experiments or randomized field trials are the "gold standard" for addressing all the important questions in educational research. Yet, because these designs are now required by the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and are being strongly encouraged in other federal legislation and funding initiatives, scholars, practitioners, parents, and researchers must devote time and energy to fighting these designs when they are inappropriate or irrelevant, which is often the case. Despite long-standing objections from prominent methodologists and reservations expressed by national groups and committees, key policymakers in the federal government are encouraging the pursuit of experimental designs primarily or exclusively (Eisenhart, 2005, p. 246).
ISSN:0021-8251
1945-2306