Re: [Phys-L] Is "Education Research" "Scientific Research" ? YES!"

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

On 10/19/2012 4:58 PM, Richard Hake abstracted this::
> The National Academies' "Scientific Research in Education" at 
> <http://bit.ly/VjrQaV> suggests six guiding principles that underlie 
> all scientific inquiry, including education research: (1) Pose 
> Significant Questions That Can Be Investigated Empirically, (2) Link 
> Research to Relevant Theory, (3) Use Methods That Permit Direct 
> Investigation of the Question, (4) Provide a Coherent and Explicit 
> Chain of Reasoning, (5) Replicate and Generalize Across Studies, and 
> (6) Disclose Research to Encourage Professional Scrutiny and Critique.

This reads like  a sentence which in its parts provides a succinct 
representation of that endeavor whose description  gives list 
contributors severe indigestion often enough; and which for me calls to 
mind the aphorism: A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. And ever.

Brian W