Table of Contents
1. Innovation Defined and Described
2. What Research is of Most Worth?
-Scientifically-Based, Evidence-Based, or What?
-The Current Scene
-Conclusion
3. Nature of Educational Innovation
-What is Innovation?
-Where are They Now?
-Research Based?
-How Educational Theories Develop
-Level I
-Level II
-Level III
-Conclusion
4. The Structure of Educational Innovation
-Reaping the Whirlwind
- The Hunter Model: ''One More Such Victory and We Are Undone
-In Retrospect
5. The Research Says...
-What Kind of Research?
-Level I Research
-Level II Research
-Level III Research
-Summary
-The Following Chapters
6. Setting Standards: The Age of Common Core
-What Standards?
-It Was Better in the Old Days, or Was It?
-Plus ca Change, Plus C'est la Meme Chose
-The Movement Gathers Steam
-Accountability and Standards
-Points of Origin: Level I
-Essentialist Goals, Progressive Means
-Research at Levels II and III
-The Critics' Corner
-Where Does This Leave Us?
7. Innovations From Brain Research
-Collaboration Between Educators and Neuroscientists
-The Pendulum is Well Into Its Swing
-Neuromyths in Education
-Examples of Neuromyths
-Research-based or Faddism?
-Brain-based Learning
-Research on Education and the Brain
-MRIs and the 'Black Box'
-Concepts and Implications
-IQ & Testing
-Pressure of Funding
-Conclusion
8. Assessment
-Alternative Assessment
-Traditional Measures
-Authentic Assessment
-Alternative Assessment Strategies
-Levels II and III Research
-Conclusion
9. Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy
-What is Self-Esteem?
-The Claims and the Programs
-A New Vaccine or a Fad?
-Research on Self-esteem and Self-efficacy
-Level I Research
-Level II Research
-Level III Research
-Conclusion
10. Direct Instruction
-What is Direct Instruction?
-The Critics
-The Research Base for Direct Instruction
-Level I Research
-Levels II and III Research
-Conclusion
11. Cooperative Learning
-Cooperative Learning Models
-Learning Together
-Student Team Learning
-Other Models
-Forming the Groups
-The Research Base for Cooperative Learning
-Theory Building
-Empirical Studies
-Application to Higher Education
-International
-Variety of Content Areas
-Quasi-experimental
-Program Evaluation
-Conclusion
Snapshot One: Mastery Learning
-Reductionism at Work
-What About the Research?
-Conclusion
Snapshot Two: Curriculum Integration
-What is Curriculum Integration
-History
-Theory-Level I
-Research-Bold Claims, Little Evidence
-Conclusion
Snapshot Three: Teaching for Intelligence
-What is Intelligence?
-Charles Spearman
-L.L. Thurstone
-Richard Hernstein and Charles Murray
-Daniel Goleman
-Reuven Feuerstein
-Howard Gardner
-Robert Sternberg
-Conclusion
Snapshot Four: Instructional Time
-Research on Instructional Time
-Elena Silva
-Tom Loveless
-Conclusion
Snapshot Five: Reflective Assessment
-I Learned Statements
-Think Aloud Strategy
-Clear & Unclear Windows
-Journaling
-Theory
-Research II & III
-Black and Wiliam
-Wang, Haertel, and Walberg
-Dignath and Buttner
-Michalsky, Mevarech, and Haibi
-Conclusion
Snapshot Six: Project Based Learning
-Level I Theory
-Level II and III Research
-Walter and Leary (2009)
-Koparan & Guven (2015)
-Finkelstein and colleagues (2011)
-White and Frederiksen (1998)
-Conclusion
Snapshot Seven: The Call for Free Preschool
-Level I: The Theory
-Level II: Longitudinal Studies
-Perry Preschool Project
-Carolina Abecedarian Project
-The Long Shadow
-Level III Research
-Janicki and Banicky
-Greenberg and Domitrovich
-Slaby, Loucks, and Stelwagon
-Conclusion
Snapshot Eight: Engaging Parents
-Level I
-Level II
-Castro and colleagues
-William H. Jeynes
-University of New Hampshire
-Anne Henderson
-Level III
-Conclusion
Snapshot Nine: Teacher Evaluation and Student Achievement
-The Theory-Level I
-The Research
-American Statistical Association (2014)
-Polikoff & Porter (2014)
-Edward Haertel (2013)
-Concluding Thoughts
Snapshot Ten: The Flipped Classroom
-What is Flipped Learning?
-Level I Theory
-Level II Research
-Bishop and Verleger (2013)
-Jensen, Kummer, & Godoy (2015)
-Langdon, Sturges, & Scholte (2015)
-McEvoy and colleagues (2014)
-Shu (2015)
-Level III Research
-Conclusion
Epilogue
-The Graveyard of Lost Ships
-Beyond Empiricism
-Research Questions to Ask
-A Closing Thought