Can Research Ever Really Be Objective?.

Parsons, Jim; Jones, Carolyn

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ERIC Number: EJ356184

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Publication Date: 1987

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Can Research Ever Really Be Objective?

Parsons, Jim; Jones, Carolyn

Social Studies Teacher, v8 n4 p3,8 Apr-May 1987

Discusses how the authors' review of literature on ability grouping prompted them to look closer at the objectivity of research in general. Concludes that predispositions to specific topics of research, prompted by preexisting values and characteristics of the particular reader, affects the objectivity of the reader in interpreting research literature. (AEM)

Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Experience, Objectivity, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Research Problems, Secondary Education, Social Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - General

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Edmonton)

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