Bausell provides a restrictive but defensible view of the purpose of educational research which is to produce instructional, curricular, or assessmentproductsrather than seldom read and soon forgotten academic papers.This book poses and answers two questions: (a) whether it ispossible for the science of education to develop into a discipline that could constructively impact the education of students and, if so (b) what type of research would be required for this transformation. Three genres of research were identified that possess thepotential for impacting school instructionifthe end result of this work is an instructionalproduct capable of increasing learning by increased access to instruction or engagement therewith. Finally, specific suggestions are tendered for creating the infrastructure needed to realize this unique vision of what the science of education should be.

Dr. R. Barker Bausellwas the first educational researcher to demonstrate the learning superiority of both tutoring and small group instruction when the curriculum, teacher differences, instructional time, and student differences were rigorously controlled. He served as a biostatistician, research methodologist, and the Director of Research in two departments within the University of Maryland over a 35+ year career and was the founding editor/editor-in-chief of the peer reviewed,Evaluation and the Health Profession for 33 of those years. He has authored 12 other books including:Conducting Meaningful Experiments:40 Steps to Becoming a Scientist,Too Simple to Fail: A Case for Educational Change, andSnake Oil Science:The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

IntroductionChapter One: The Importance of Developing Instructional ProductsChapter Two: Digital and Developmental Instructional ResearchChapter Three: Decision Making in Product Development ResearchChapter Four: Chapter Four: Assessment Products thatMight Contribute to a Useful Science of EducationChapter Five: Research thatMight Improve Learning despite the Traditional ClassroomChapter Six: Research Conducted in the Most Important Instructional Environment (And theMost Difficult in which to Intervene)Chapter Seven: Curriculum Research Chapter Eight: A Big Science Experiment thatMight Jumpstart the Sciences InfrastructureConcluding ThoughtsReferences