2014 AERA Distinguished Lecture: Accelerating How We Learn to Improve

Educational Researcher

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 467-477

  Bryk, Anthony S ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

action research; collaboration; educational policy; educational reform; experimental design; improvement science; mixed methods; organization theory change; problem solving; research methodology; research utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950255065     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X15621543     Document Type: Article

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