Research on Educational Innovations

Table of Contents

1. Innovation Defined and Described

2. What Research is of Most Worth?

-Scientifically-Based, Evidence-Based, or What?

-The Current Scene

-Conclusion

3. Nature of Educational Innovation

-What is Innovation?

-Where are They Now?

-Research Based?

-How Educational Theories Develop

-Level I

-Level II

-Level III

-Conclusion

4. The Structure of Educational Innovation

-Reaping the Whirlwind

- The Hunter Model: ''One More Such Victory and We Are Undone"

-In Retrospect

5. "The Research Says..."

-What "Kind" of Research?

-Level I Research

-Level II Research

-Level III Research

-Summary

-The Following Chapters

6. Setting Standards: The Age of Common Core

-What Standards?

-It Was Better in the Old Days, or Was It?

-Plus ca Change, Plus C'est la Meme Chose

-The Movement Gathers Steam

-Accountability and Standards

-Points of Origin: Level I

-Essentialist Goals, Progressive Means

-Research at Levels II and III

-The Critics' Corner

-Where Does This Leave Us?

7. Innovations From Brain Research

-Collaboration Between Educators and Neuroscientists

-The Pendulum is Well Into Its Swing

-Neuromyths in Education

-Examples of Neuromyths

-Research-based or Faddism?

-Brain-based Learning

-Research on Education and the Brain

-MRIs and the 'Black Box'

-Concepts and Implications

-IQ & Testing

-Pressure of Funding

-Conclusion

8. Assessment

-Alternative Assessment

-Traditional Measures

-Authentic Assessment

-Alternative Assessment Strategies

-Levels II and III Research

-Conclusion

9. Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy

-What is Self-Esteem?

-The Claims and the Programs

-A New Vaccine or a Fad?

-Research on Self-esteem and Self-efficacy

-Level I Research

-Level II Research

-Level III Research

-Conclusion

10. Direct Instruction

-What is Direct Instruction?

-The Critics

-The Research Base for Direct Instruction

-Level I Research

-Levels II and III Research

-Conclusion

11. Cooperative Learning

-Cooperative Learning Models

-Learning Together

-Student Team Learning

-Other Models

-Forming the Groups

-The Research Base for Cooperative Learning

-Theory Building

-Empirical Studies

-Application to Higher Education

-International

-Variety of Content Areas

-Quasi-experimental

-Program Evaluation

-Conclusion

Snapshot One: Mastery Learning

-Reductionism at Work

-What About the Research?

-Conclusion

Snapshot Two: Curriculum Integration

-What is Curriculum Integration

-History

-Theory-Level I

-Research-Bold Claims, Little Evidence

-Conclusion

Snapshot Three: Teaching for Intelligence

-What is Intelligence?

-Charles Spearman

-L.L. Thurstone

-Richard Hernstein and Charles Murray

-Daniel Goleman

-Reuven Feuerstein

-Howard Gardner

-Robert Sternberg

-Conclusion

Snapshot Four: Instructional Time

-Research on Instructional Time

-Elena Silva

-Tom Loveless

-Conclusion

Snapshot Five: Reflective Assessment

-"I Learned" Statements

-Think Aloud Strategy

-Clear & Unclear Windows

-Journaling

-Theory

-Research II & III

-Black and Wiliam

-Wang, Haertel, and Walberg

-Dignath and Buettner

-Michalsky, Mevarech, and Haibi

-Conclusion

Snapshot Six: Project Based Learning

-Level I Theory

-Level II and III Research

-Walter and Leary (2009)

-Koparan & Guven (2015)

-Finkelstein and colleagues (2011)

-White and Frederiksen (1998)

-Conclusion

Snapshot Seven: The Call for Free Preschool

-Level I: The Theory

-Level II: Longitudinal Studies

-Perry Preschool Project

-Carolina Abecedarian Project

-The Long Shadow

-Level III Research

-Janicki and Banicky

-Greenberg and Domitrovich

-Slaby, Loucks, and Stelwagon

-Conclusion

Snapshot Eight: Engaging Parents

-Level I

-Level II

-Castro and colleagues

-William H. Jeynes

-University of New Hampshire

-Anne Henderson

-Level III

-Conclusion

Snapshot Nine: Teacher Evaluation and Student Achievement

-The Theory-Level I

-The Research

-American Statistical Association (2014)

-Polikoff & Porter (2014)

-Edward Haertel (2013)

-Concluding Thoughts

Snapshot Ten: The Flipped Classroom

-What is Flipped Learning?

-Level I Theory

-Level II Research

-Bishop and Verleger (2013)

-Jensen, Kummer, & Godoy (2015)

-Langdon, Sturges, & Scholte (2015)

-McEvoy and colleagues (2014)

-Shu (2015)

-Level III Research

-Conclusion

Epilogue

-The Graveyard of Lost Ships

-Beyond Empiricism

-Research Questions to Ask

-A Closing Thought