Join Dr. Una Malcolm at researchED Calgary, where she’ll share a talk, What Works? Making Instructional Decisions from Research.
Educators are expected to use evidence-based practice, but that depends on understanding what research actually tells us about instruction. It’s not always straightforward. In this session, we will look at how to read research with a sharper lens. What question was the study designed to answer? What can we actually conclude from the findings? What instructional decisions can we make?
We’ll unpack common misinterpretations, including when studies about relationships or prediction get stretched into claims about what to teach. You’ll leave with a simple, practical way to evaluate research and make instructional decisions that are grounded in the right kind of evidence.