NDLI: Using Principles of Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Prescriptive Recommendations

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Schraw, Gregory Patall, Erika A.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	We draw on the evidence-based practice (EBP) literature to consider the relationship between empirical results reported in primary research journals and prescriptive recommendations for practice based on those results. We argue that the relationship between individual empirical findings and practice should be mediated by two additional steps in which empirical findings are aggregated and evaluated, and policy decisions are made by multiple stakeholders with possibly competing value systems to determine how synthesized empirical evidence may best guide practice. We discuss three best practices in the EBP literature that promote generalizability, including aggregation of individual empirical findings, translating aggregated findings into a plan for EBPs, and developing field-based implementation guidelines. We outline a logical sequence in which empirical findings are peer reviewed, aggregated and compared across moderating variables, used to develop EBPs, and deployed by a team of instructional experts after a careful policy review and cost analysis using generalization criteria spelled out in the literature. We argue this process is the best strategy for making prescriptive recommendations regardless of the professional outlet they appear in because it is most likely to be based on replicable data and matched to the field-base context by instructional experts.
Starting Page	345
Ending Page	351
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1040726X
Journal	Educational Psychology Review
Volume Number	25
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	1573336X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-07-28
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Evidence-based practice Four-step process Valid generalization Prescriptive recommendations Educational Psychology Child and School Psychology Learning & Instruction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology

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