Research and Practice in Education: Building Alliances, Bridging the Divide

275 Pages·2010·0.79 MB·English

by  Cynthia E. Coburn

Research and
Practice in Education

Research and
Practice in Education
Building Alliances,
Bridging the Divide
Edited by Cynthia E. Coburn and Mary Kay Stein
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Research and practice in education : building alliances, bridging the divide /
[edited by] Cynthia E. Coburn and Mary Kay Stein.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7425-6406-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7425-6407-7 (pbk. :
alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-0364-8 (electronic)
1. Education—Research—United States. 2. School improvement programs—
United States. I. Coburn, Cynthia E., 1967– II. Stein, Mary Kay.
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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Foreword by Deborah Stipek xi
Acknowledgments xv
1 Reframing the Problem of Research and Practice 1
Mary Kay Stein and Cynthia E. Coburn
Part I: Fostering Partnerships for Educational Innovation 15
2 The Middle-School Mathematics through Applications
Project: Supporting Productive Collaborations during
Two Different Phases of Curriculum Design 19
Randi A. Engle
3 The Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools:
Evolving Relationships in Design-Based Research 37
Laura D’Amico
4 Examining a Novel Partnership for Educational
Innovation: Promises and Complexities of Cross-
Institutional Collaboration 55
Lisa Rosen
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vi Contents
Part II: Role of Tools in Bridging Research and Practice 73
5 Success for All: Using Tools to Transport Research-Based
Practices to the Classroom 77
Amanda Datnow and Vicki Park
6 Tools to Deepen Practitioners’ Engagement with Research:
The Case of the Institute for Learning 93
Gina Schuyler Ikemoto and Meredith I. Honig
7 QUASAR: The Evolution of Tools to Support Educational
Improvement 109
Juliet A. Baxter
Part III: Developing Conditions to Foster Knowledge
Development in Schools 127
8 Building Demand for Research through Lesson Study 131
Rebecca Perry and Catherine Lewis
9 The National Writing Project: Anatomy of an Improvement
Infrastructure 147
Laura Stokes
Part IV: Research and Decision Making in School Districts 163
10 The Partnership for District Change: Challenges of Evidence
Use in a Major Urban District 167
Cynthia E. Coburn
11 Research to Practice: A Case Study of Boston Public
Schools, Boston Plan for Excellence, and Education Matters™ 183
Lea Hubbard
12 Key Lessons about the Relationship between Research
and Practice 201
Cynthia E. Coburn and Mary Kay Stein
Appendix: Research Methodology 227
References 233
Index 249
About the Contributors 255
Figures
1.1. The Linear Model 5
1.2. An Alternative Model 8
6.1. Principles of Learning 98
7.1. Mathematical Tasks Framework 117
7.2. Circle the Decimal Task 118
7.3. Student Responses to Circle the Decimal Task 119
8.1. Lesson Study 132
9.1. The National Writing Project as a National Improvement
Infrastructure 151
9.2. Producing and Distributing Refined Practitioner Knowledge
in the National Writing Project 158
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Tables
7.1. Features of Three Generations of QUASAR Tools 114
8.1. Mean Gain Scores on California STAR Test for Foothills
Elementary versus Other District Schools 140
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