Improvement Science in Education : A Primer.
| Author/creator | Hinnant-Crawford, Brandi |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Bloomfield : Myers Education Press, 2025. |
| Description | 1 online resource (0 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | Click here to view book |
| Series | Improvement Science in Education and Beyond Series Improvement Science in Education and Beyond Series. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Intro -- Improvement Science in Education -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the second edition -- Section one Introduction-A Primer on Improvement science -- References -- Chapter one research, science, and education -- The Evolution of Science -- Science and Education -- A Turning Point -- Types of Educational Research -- Positivism, Post-Positivism, and Quantitative Research -- Constructivism and Qualitative Research -- Pragmatism and Improvement Science -- Theory-Based Versus Problem-Based |
| Contents | The Critical, Participatory, Advocacy, and Emancipatory Paradigm -- Key Terms -- Note -- References -- Chapter two What Is Improvement science? Why do You need It? -- The Need for Improvement Science -- Definitions of Improvement Science -- Foundations of Improvement Science: Profound Knowledge, Principles, and Propositions -- Seven Propositions -- Proposition I: Testing, Learning, and Falsification -- Is the change an improvement? aYes or no -- Proposition II: Conceptualistic Pragmatism -- Proposition III: Weak Psychologism -- Proposition IV: Justification and Discovery |
| Contents | Proposition V: Operational Definitions -- Propositions VI & VII: Shewhart's Theory of Cause Systems and Systems Theory -- Key Terms -- References -- Section two What Is the exact Problem I'm trying to solve? What Am I trying to Accomplish? -- References -- Chapter three Collaborating to define Problems: definitions With Inclusive Visions -- Naming Problems -- Being User Centered -- Defining the Problem -- Tools for Root Cause Analysis -- Tools for Identifying Problems Related to Educational Equity -- Defining Problems With a Multitude of Voices -- Key Terms |
| Contents | Questions for Improving With Equity in Mind: Who Is Involved? Who Is Impacted? -- Endnotes -- References -- Chapter four Discerning Variation: fluctuation in Processes and outcomes -- What Is Variation? -- Tools for Examining Variation -- Key Terms -- Questions for Improving With Equity in Mind: Who Is Involved? Who Is Impacted? -- References -- Section three What Change might I Introduce and Why? How Will I Know the Change Is an Improvement? -- Chapter five Using a Wide-Angle Lens: seeing the system Producing Your outcomes -- Educational Systems -- Systems Thinking |
| Contents | Opportunity Gaps as the Outcome on Complex Systems -- Why Humans Don't See Systems -- When We Fail to See the System: Unintended Consequences -- Tools for Exploring Systems -- Key Terms -- Questions for Improving With Equity in Mind: Who Is Involved? Who Is Impacted? -- References -- Chapter six developing theories to drive Improvement -- Theory of Improvement -- A Tool for Illustrating Your Theory of Improvement -- Increase retention in online courses by 12% next quarter. -- Developing Change Ideas -- Selecting Changes -- Summary -- Key Terms |
| General note | Description based upon print version of record. |
| General note | Questions for Improving With Equity in Mind: Who Is Involved? Who Is Impacted? |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Hinnant-Crawford, Brandi Nicole Improvement Science in Education Bloomfield : Myers Education Press,c2025 9781975507107 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781975507114 |
| ISBN | 1975507118 |
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