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	Podcast:		Level Up Learning
	Episode:		4 Reasons to Be Wary of Educational Research
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:14:25
	Publish Date:		2015-10-22 09:16:08
	Description:		Tired of hearing that a method is “research-based” and therefore you need to incorporate it into your classroom? Kate and Dave look at 4 reasons why educational research isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be: generalizability of the results, extraneous variables and the confusion over correlation and causation, the fallibility of brain research, and the use of student achievement data to determine effectiveness. Cook, T.D. & Campbell, D.T. (1979). Quasi-Experimentation: Design & Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Chicago: Rand McNally College Publishing Company. “Extraneous and confounding variables and systematic vs. non-systematic error” (n.d.) Psychology World. Retrieved from http://web.mst.edu/~psyworld/extraneous.htm. Hattie, J. (2009). Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement. New York: Routledge. Marzano, R.J. & Pickering, D.J. (2007). “The case for and against homework.” ASCD: Educational Leadership. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar07/vol64/num06/The-Case-For-and-Against-Homework.aspx Watson, S (2008). “How fMRI works.” How Stuff Works.com. Retrieved from http://science.howstuffworks.com/fmri4.htm
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