NDLI: Disallowing Recommendations for Practice and Policy: a Proposal that Is Both Too Much and Too Little

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Harris, Karen R.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Robinson et al. (Educ Psychol Rev 25(2):291-302, 2013) offer a thoughtful and powerful argument for a policy change for primary educational research journals. This policy change would “disallow recommendations for practice” (p. 10) in primary educational research journals. They provided compelling examples of works in which authors have either offered implications that go beyond their research design (i.e., stating causal relationships based on correlational data) or speculations and implications that go (way) beyond the results of their study. In my response, I first identify the many points made by Robinson et al. with which I agree and make it clear that I believe this discussion is a healthy one for the field. I do not, however, concur with the recommendation for an editorial policy change for primary research journals and offer reasons why the policy recommended is both too much and too little to deal with the issues they have identified as well as additional issues I find concerning in the submission and publication of studies in primary research journals.
Starting Page	309
Ending Page	316
Page Count	8
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	2013-07-05
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Empirical research Research methods Implications of research Journal policies research Publication of research Educational Psychology Child and School Psychology Learning & Instruction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology

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