Tag: research and practice

Rethinking Research Use: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice by Angel Xiao Bohannon

The Problem: A Disconnect between Research and Practice Despite the growing interest in getting educational leaders to use research in their decision-making, educational research often does not inform practice. Policymakers argue that research can support educational leaders in making more informed and effective decisions. In fact, policies like the Every Student Succeeds Act urge educational

The Place of Research in Practice by Kathryn M. Bateman

Last Tuesday, a friend e-mailed me about an article he had read.  He was concerned that his school had built their instruction around the concept of multiple intelligences. Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences claims that humans do not have only a cognitive intelligence, but have many types of intelligence, such as kinesthetic, intra or