INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES & APPROACHES task 6

Running head : INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES

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INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES

The debates about research and practice are not about research and practice per se but it usually pertains to the best research for the best practices in the educational system . Stephen H . Davis had written an article concerning the gaps of research and practice and what happens between the two aspects . This article could be of help for the teachers concerning the

considerations that should be taken into account by research based programs

One thing is that the author firmly believes that practitioners should be vigilant regarding the academe that provides the researches . The overall conclusive remark in the author 's article is for the practitioner to realize that not all researches are good research material especially when not all the time that the researchers could give sufficient and workable researches . Taking always into consideration that skepticism and a critical mind is needed at the same time the need to be equipped with the realization that not all of the works could be applicable to all same situations . It would necessarily help then that teachers should look for good materials , preferably those journals that are reputable or reliable

Another consideration for the teacher is to be able to find a research method that could really address the issues . It was said that qualitative research has become a trend in researches especially when these works could be applicable to the school system researches and quantitative researches , i .e . numerical inputs and statistical stands could no longer be of use ADDIN EN .CITE Davis20071 117Stephen H DavisBridging the Gap Between Research and Practice : What apos s Good , What apos s Bad , and HOw Can One be Sure ?Phi Delta KappanPhi Delta Kappan8882007 (Davis , 2007 . The standard that was set by the `No Child Left Behind Act ' are as follows

The research involves the application of rigorous , systematic , and objective procedures to obtain reliable and valid knowledge

The research employs empirical methods that draw on observation or experiment

The research employs rigorous data analyses adequate to test stated hypotheses and justify general conclusions , and

The research problems and data are evaluated using experimental or quasi-experimental methods ADDIN EN .CITE Davis20071 117Stephen H DavisBridging the Gap Between Research and Practice : What apos s Good , What apos s Bad , and HOw Can One be Sure ?Phi Delta KappanPhi Delta Kappan8882007 (Davis , 2007

What is highly essential though is for the practitioners would have to have a critical eye over the research . The author then invited the readers to realize that the practitioners are also at fault . They have the tendency to look for the immediate solution to a problem and they would tend to have biases leaning towards there beliefs . In this aspect the teacher would tend to dwell on practices and researches that could not be a fit solution given a context and could not actually...