Facts Are More Important than Novelty: Replication in the Education Sciences

Autor/inn/en	Makel, Matthew C.; Plucker, Jonathan A.
Titel	Facts Are More Important than Novelty: Replication in the Education Sciences
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 43 (2014) 6, S.304-316 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X14545513
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Replication (Evaluation); Research Methodology; Journal Articles; Meta Analysis; Bibliometrics; Scientific Research; Statistical Distributions; Research Needs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Bibliometrie; Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung; Forschungsbedarf
Abstract	Despite increased attention to methodological rigor in education research, the field has focused heavily on experimental design and not on the merit of replicating important results. The present study analyzed the complete publication history of the current top 100 education journals ranked by 5-year impact factor and found that only 0.13% of education articles were replications. Contrary to previous findings in medicine, but similar to psychology, the majority of education replications successfully replicated the original studies. However, replications were significantly less likely to be successful when there was no overlap in authorship between the original and replicating articles. The results emphasize the importance of third-party, direct replications in helping education research improve its ability to shape education policy and practice. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10