Increasing the quality of educational intervention research

Michael Pressley; Karen R. Harris

doi:10.1007/BF02213181

Increasing the quality of educational intervention research

Michael Pressley, Karen R. Harris

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Reasons for concern about the quality of quantitative, experimental research in education are reviewed. These include internal and external validity errors, questionable design and analyses practices, and incomplete or misleading discussions of findings. More positively, the concerns can be addressed by individual investigators, and the larger profession could improve the quality of educational intervention research through shifts in publication practices.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	191-208
Number of pages	18
Journal	Educational Psychology Review
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02213181
State	Published - Sep 1 1994
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

educational research
experimental research
research design

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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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