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Is meta-analysis all just ‘an exercise in mega-silliness’?
To my mind, there was something heroic about Gene Glass’ presidential address to the 1976 American Educational Research Association annual meeting....
Systematic review
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Is meta-analysis the best we can do?
By Professor Steve Higgins Is meta-analysis in its current state trustworthy enough to be a basis for practitioner decisions? It all depends on what...
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Systematic reviews and meta-analyses – what’s all the fuss?
Should we be using systematic reviews and meta-analyses as teachers and school leaders to support the decisions we make, or is that a luxury? How do...
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Where is the value in meta-analysis?
Before I trained as a teacher, I worked as a researcher, investigating the effect of phytoplankton processes in the ocean. It appeared that in...
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Comparing apples with oranges
How do you compare apples with oranges? Or even apples with oranges with cherries with bananas with peaches? This isn’t a joke question that has a...
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Systematic Reviews and Weather Forecasts – how purpose shapes the significance of systematic reviews for different education stakeholders
Philippa Cordingley – Chief Executive CUREE Paul Crisp – Managing Director CUREE Steve Higgins – Professor of Education, Durham University We are...