What Is the Influence of the National Science Education Standards? Reviewing the Evidence, A Workshop Summary (2003) / Chapter Skim
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7. Background and Methodology
7. Background and Methodology
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First, the NRC library staff performed the research using the following databases: ERIC, NTIS, PAIS, PsycINFO, anc3 Sociological Abstracts. In simultaneous searches of these databases, the librarian created a large base set consisting of documents proclucec3 between 1993 anc3 2001 by the journals, federal agencies, anc3 12]
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The goal was to search multiple sources representing the full range of large and small entities involved in stanclarcis-basec3 science education work and to include the work of groups having different philosophical and political perspectives. Keyword searches were supplemented by "free text" searches that is, looking through titles and abstracts for key words and phrases.
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The primary strategy for this search was accessing and scanning items posted on the Web sites of the agencies and organizations listed in Box 7-1. In acicli~cion, science education researchers and officials responsible for managing government-funclec3 research and evaluation programs were contacted and asked to suggest acicli~cional sources of material for consiclera~cion.
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FIGURE7-1 Bibliography worksheet. IDENTIFYING ITEMS FOR INCLUSION The next step was to identify the items from this large collection that wouic3 provide evidence to actress the research question: What floes the research tell us about the influence of the NSES on various facets of the educational system, on opportunities for all students to learn, and on student learning?
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The project director reviewed all IIs and assigned them to the I or III categories, erring on the sicle of overinclusion to prevent exclusion of potentially useful studies. Many of the items categorized as III were fact sheets and classroom activities keyed to the NSES as opposed to studies that assess the NSES as a means of inducing change or that focused on outcomes of stanclarcis-basec3 interventions (see criteria 2~.
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WHAT'S IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY The next chapter contains the entire bibliography for the project, including (1) ad 245 items iclentifiec3 through the literature search anc3 processed using the inclusion criteria, (2)
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