Professor Nancy Cartwright nancy.cartwright@durham.ac.uk
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Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Predicting What Will Work Locally
Cartwright, N; Joyce, K
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K Joyce
Abstract
This essay addresses the gap between what works in research and what works in practice. Currently, research in evidence-based education policy and practice focuses on RCTs. These can support causal ascriptions (‘It worked’) but provide little basis for local effectiveness predictions (‘It will work here’) which are what matter for practice. We argue that moving from ascription to prediction by way of causal generalization (‘It works’) is unrealistic and urge focusing research efforts directly on how to build local effectiveness predictions. We outline various kinds of information that can improve predictions and encourage using methods better-equipped for acquiring that information. We compare our proposal with others advocating a better mix of methods, like ‘implementation science’, ‘improvement science’, and ‘practice-based evidence’.
Citation
Cartwright, N., & Joyce, K. (2020). Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Predicting What Will Work Locally. American Educational Research Journal, 57(3), 1045-1082. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831219866687
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 1, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 1, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jun 30, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jul 23, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 24, 2019 |
Journal | American Educational Research Journal |
Print ISSN | 0002-8312 |
Electronic ISSN | 1935-1011 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 57 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 1045-1082 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831219866687 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1296826 |
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Cartwright, N & Joyce, K (2020). Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: Predicting What Will Work Locally. American Educational Research Journal 57(3): 1045-1082. Copyright 2019 AERA. http://aerj.aera.net DOI: 10.3102/0002831219866687
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