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Morrison, Keith

 
9780367486525: Taming Randomized Controlled Trials in Education: Exploring Key Claims, Issues and Debates
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ISBN 10: 0367486520 ISBN 13: 9780367486525
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2020

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There is a recent surge in the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) within education globally, with disproportionate claims being made about what they show, ‘what works’, and what constitutes the best ‘evidence’. Drawing on up-to-date scholarship from across the world, Taming Randomized Controlled Trials in Education critically addresses the increased use of RCTs in education, exploring their benefits, limits and cautions, and ultimately questioning the prominence given to them.

While acknowledging that randomized controlled trials do have some place in education, the book nevertheless argues that this place should be limited. Drawing together all arguments for and against RCTs in a comprehensive and easily accessible single volume, the book also adds new perspectives and insights to the conversation; crucially, the book considers the limits of their usefulness and applicability in education, raising a range of largely unexplored concerns about their use. Chapters include discussions on:

  • The impact of complexity theory and chaos theory.

  • Design issues and sampling in randomized controlled trials.

  • Learning from clinical trials.

  • Data analysis in randomized controlled trials.

  • Reporting, evaluating and generalizing from randomized controlled trials.

Considering key issues in understanding and interrogating research evidence, this book is ideal reading for all students on Research Methods modules, as well as those interested in undertaking and reviewing research in the field of education.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Keith Morrison is Professor of Education and Vice-rector at the University of Saint Joseph, Macao, China.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2020
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0367486520
ISBN 13 
9780367486525
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
250
Contatto del produttore
Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
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