For my colleagues: The following information was also posted in 6163/Week 3 Discussion, but I thought it should be on my blog as well. The information below is specifically about early childhood research... the TIME article highlighted below as well as the W. Steven Barnett paper are particularly informative.
"Debunking the Idea that Kindergartens Equate Crime
A kerfuffle arose when a New Hampshire state representative remarked that kindergarten results in criminal activity after his research found a link between crime rates and access to kindergarten in communities throughout the state. But as any good social science student knows, correlation does not equal causation. Neuroscience journalist Maia Szalavitz worked on setting the record straight in aTime article detailing some rigorous studies of early education’s effects and explaining some research basics, such as the aforementioned axiom about correlation. Back in 2007, NIEER Director W. Steven Barnett wrote a paper providing insights on how to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of five types of research commonly used to study early childhood education."Reference:
NIEER Online News <nieer_online_news@email.rutgers.edu>
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