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Evidence-Based Education: Examining Today's Research for Tomorrow's Decisions

UW-L Author: Carol A. Angell, Ph.D.
Educational Studies
Copyright: 2006
Publisher: LRP Publications

Angell, Carol A., and Eric Paul Hartwig. Evidence-Based Education: Examining Today's Research for Tomorrow's Decisions. Horsham, PA: LRP, 2006.

With the push for scientifically based practices, understanding educational research - and what it means for your schools - is more important now than ever. Look to Evidence-Based Education to start you and your staff in the right direction!

Each chapter examines a specific part of educational research, plus provides examples to highlight key concepts - giving educators and administrators a solid basis to effectively dissect and understand research studies, research-based articles and vendor claims regarding the research behind their products.

-- Publisher's description

About the Author

Dr. Carol Angell is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Dr. Angell’s main field of study is special education, primarily mild to moderate learning disabilities and mental retardation. She has taught graduate and undergraduate classes in characteristics of disabilities, methods in teaching persons with disabilities, special education law, general classroom reading methodologies, research methodology, and courses on specific disabilities including specific learning disabilities, mental retardation, emotional/behavioral disabilities, and autism. Public school teaching experience includes a range of service models (full inclusive settings to fulltime pull-out special education services) for students identified as having specific learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disabilities, mental retardation, speech/language impairments, and autism.

Dr. Angell’s scholarship includes research, publications, and conference presentations focusing on the interests of general classroom instruction and a combination of literacy and special education issues. She has published in professional outlets, including The Reading Professor, Reading Horizons, WSRA Journal, and PDS Connections. Dr. Angell has presented at professional conferences including, the International Reading Association, the Council for Exceptional Children, the National Reading Conference, and the Association for Teacher Educators. Investigative focus is given to effective literacy instruction, literacy assessment, and preservice teacher preparation and potential effects literacy instruction and teacher preparation have on the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general classroom. A related interest is creating an awareness of disabling conditions and acceptance of persons with disabilities in the general classroom and community. Recent legal changes, including Response to Intervention, have spurred additional interest in assisting teachers and administrators with the accountability for student instruction, including students with disabilities in the general classroom.

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