Background
- Teachers & Research - Types
of Research - Metiri Rubrics
The great majority of
classroom teachers have neither the time nor the training to read
research with a critical eye. Yet it is crucial that they have
a sound research base for their lesson design.
Teachers and administrators
are bombarded on a daily basis with publisher claims of “research-proven”
solutions. The great majority of these claims are based on poorly
designed studies or extremely tenuous links to bodies of research
that do not directly involve their products. Educators often have
no basis upon which to discriminate between valid claims and deceptive
ones. During materials adoption processes, district curriculum
staff can often provide these filters but, particularly in the
evolving field of learning technology, it is difficult for even
these experts to stay abreast of the most recent studies.
This database is intended
to provide a resource that can be used by educators at all levels
of the system to support decision making from the classroom to
the curriculum office. Educators who need that trusted ally to
provide an unbiased critical eye are turning to the Metiri confidence
scale.
