Tuesday, April 7, 2009

EDUC 520 Library Research

Handout-- with hotlinks
RefWorks Reminders

Additional education statistics web sites:

http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) collects, screens, and identifies studies of effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies).The WWC regularly updates the WWC Technical Standards and their application to take account of new considerations brought forth by experts and users. Such changes may result in re-appraisals of studies and/or interventions previously reviewed and rated. The current WWC Standards offer guidance for those planning or carrying out studies, not only in the design considerations but the analysis and reporting stages as well. The WWC Standards, however, may not pertain to every situation, context, or purpose of a study and will evolve.

National Study for Educational Statistics

http://nces.ed.gov/

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

CARET

http://caret.iste.org/index.cfm

CARET bridges education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions.


Educator’s Reference Desk

http://www.eduref.org/

The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community. From the Information Institute of Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk, the Educator's Reference Desk brings you the resources you have come to depend on. 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.

MCREL- Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning

http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/index.asp