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The Conversation: How educational research could play a greater role in K‑12 school improvement

How educational research could play a greater role in K‑12 school improvement

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Educational success, also called student and academic achievement, refers to the extent to which educational aims are reached, for example, the amount of knowledge and abilities that students acquire.

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Research has found that education is the strongest determinant of individuals’ occupational status and chances of success in adult life. However, the correlation between family socioeconomic status and school success or failure appears to have increased worldwide.

The process of education At first glance, this way of answering the question ‘what is education?’ – with its roots in the thinking of Aristotle, Rousseau, Pestalozzi and Dewey (to name a few) – is part of the progressive tradition of educational practice. It seems very different from ‘formal tradition’ or ‘traditional education’.

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The adjective educational describes something that imparts new skills or knowledge. Reading a recipe is educational, if it teaches you how to make a perfect buttercream frosting for your cake, and a French class is also educational, as long as you learn something new from it.

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National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine: Fundamental Research and the Process of Education: Final Report to the National Institute of Education

Fundamental Research and the Process of Education: Final Report to the National Institute of Education

For the past 20 years, I have taught research methods in education to students here in the U.S. and in other countries. While the purpose of the course is to show students how to do effective research ...

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