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ERIC Number: EJ596394
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Empiricism and the Knowledge Base of Educational Practice.
Kerdeman, Deborah; Phillips, D. C.
Review of Educational Research, v63 n3 p305-13 Fall 1993
Asserts that the reductionistic methodology used by M. Wang, G. Haertel, and H. Walberg in their study does not do justice to the educational phenomena they wish to illuminate. In addition, these authors have too simple a view of the relationship between educational research and educational practice. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Meta Analysis, Research Methodology, Research Utilization, Teacher Competencies, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Empirical Methods
Note: Theme issue focusing on the knowledge base for school learning. Commentary on "Toward a Knowledge Base for School Learning" by Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg, "Review of Educational Research" v63 n3 p249-94 Fall 1993.