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Article: Quality science and mathematics education research: considerations of argument, evidence, and generalizability. (Guest Editorial).
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- School Science and Mathematics
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- January 1, 2003
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Science and mathematics educators--and educators in general--frequently question why research results are not used to influence, make, and justify educational policies and instructional decisions at the national, state/provincial, and local levels (Kennedy, 1997). Kilpatrick (2001) captured much of the central issue with "Where's the evidence?" He questioned whether education research was rigorous enough to be trusted, whether the data collected related to the central focus of the study, whether the research questions were worthy of inquiry, whether researchers were selecting research approaches that matched the research questions, and whether the results could be applied ...