Evidence-Based Practices in a Changing World: Reconsidering the Counterfactual in Education Research

Educational Researcher

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 242-252

  Lemons, Christopher J ^a   Fuchs, Douglas ^a   Gilbert, Jennifer K ^b   Fuchs, Lynn S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Metropolitan Nashville   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom research; counterfactual; educational policy; evidence based practice; Kindergarten Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (K PALS); literacy; research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904319136     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X14539189     Document Type: Article

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