Learning from Attempts to Improve Schooling: The Contribution of Methodological Diversity

@article{Raudenbush2005LearningFA,
  title={Learning from Attempts to Improve Schooling: The Contribution of Methodological Diversity},
  author={Stephen Raudenbush},
  journal={Educational Researcher},
  year={2005},
  volume={34},
  pages={25 - 31}
}
  • S. Raudenbush
  • Published 1 June 2005
  • Education
  • Educational Researcher
Education research is an interdisciplinary effort long characterized by methodological diversity. Why, then, do we hear an urgent call for mixed methods now? Apparently, a recent shift in the applied research agenda has fostered concern that methodological pluralism is at risk. In this article, the author argues that (a) a focus on evaluating the effects of instructional interventions is entirely appropriate given current policy dilemmas; (b) randomized experiments are the gold standard for… 
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