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When Can You Trust the Experts : How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education.
Clear, easy principles to spot what's nonsense and what's reliable Each year, teachers, administrators, and parents face a barrage of new education software, games, workbooks, and professional development programs purporting to be ""based on the latest research."" While...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Introduction: What Are You to Believe?; The Golden Ratio; The Problem; Why the Obvious Solution Doesn't Work; The Shortcut Solution; Part One: Why We So Easily Believe Bad Science; Chapter 1: Why Smart People Believe Dumb Things; Unconscious Persuasion; Familiar Ideas Are More Believable; We Believe Things That Others Believe; We Believe Attractive People; We Believe People Who Are Like Us; ""I'm Trying to Think, but Nothing Happens""; We're Not That Cool.
- Our Beliefs Help Maintain Our Self-IdentityOur Beliefs Help Protect Our Values; Our Beliefs Help Maintain Social Ties; Our Beliefs Help Us Manage Our Emotions; Chapter 2: Science and Belief: A Nervous Romance; The World Turned Upside Down; The Romantic Impulse; Meta-Beliefs in Education Today; Chapter 3: What Scientists Call Good Science; How Science Works; Observing the World; Speaking Theoretically; Testing, Testing; Safeguarding Science; Chapter 4: How to Use Science; Clarifying the Relationship Between Applied and Basic Research; Method One: Draw on Basic Scientific Knowledge.
- Problem 1: GoalsProblem 2: Feedback; Problem 3: The Outer Environment; Problem 4: Levels of Analysis; Method Two: Two Problems, Not Four; Part Two: The Shortcut Solution; Chapter 5: Step One: Strip It and Flip It; Strip It; Stripping Emotion; Stripping Claims That the Persuader Is ""Like You""; Stripping Analogies; Flip It; Flip Outcomes; Flip What You're to Do; Flip Both; Claims Not Worth Your Time; Old Stuff; Vague Stuff; All Things to All People; Chapter 6: Step Two: Trace It; When Authority Fails; Simon Is Not a Good Scientist; Claims Are Misunderstood; Scientific Expertise Is Misapplied.
- Authorities ConflictCan Authority Work in Education Research?; Chapter 7: Step Three: Analyze It; How to Use Your Experience; When Our Experience Misleads Us; Double-Checking on Your Experience; Would a Little Breakthrough Be So Bad?; Stuff That Masquerades as Evidence; Finding and Interpreting Research Studies; Where to Find Research; The Simplest View of Research Findings; A Nuanced View of Research Findings; Statistical Versus Practical Significance; Chapter 8: Step Four: Should I Do It?; Looking Back; The Owl of Minerva; Looking Forward; Endnotes; Name Index; Subject Index; Credit Lines.