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Research-Based
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Sharon Spangler
Shenandoah County Schools

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Research does not happen only in journals and labs, teachers too can engage in classroom-based research that can help improve their teaching.  Sharon provides an overview of such research-based practice (also called evidence-based teacher) that she conducted as part of her Master's degree.  You don't need a lab coat to engage in practical and effective research.  Find out about what PowerPoint has to do with brain research and how can students can benefit.  Here's More... (link to the PowerPoint Sharon developed for her Master's presentation - 38.7 MB).

The field of education contains a vast array of educational interventions that claim to be able to improve educational outcomes and, in many cases, to be supported by evidence. However, education practitioners are faced with the challenge of deciding if the evidence is credible and whether an intervention is truly effective. NCEE has issued a new guide on evidence based education, titled "Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence." This guide offers tools to educational practitioners that help distinguish practices supported by rigorous evidence from those that are not.

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