Research Only Matters if You Do Research That Matters

Research is about getting good answers to questions that really matter. For research to matter, one must make the questions asked and issues pursued be about real things, whose answers really matter to the teachers and professors, to the students, and to others who need to know. Burns discusses how...

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Published inJournal of college science teaching Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 12 - 13
Main Author Burns, William David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon The National Science Teachers Association 01.03.2008
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Academic learning
College students
Graduate students
Hospital beds
Hypotheses
Observational astronomy
POINT OF VIEW
Research methodology
Science
Sunlight
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Summary:Research is about getting good answers to questions that really matter. For research to matter, one must make the questions asked and issues pursued be about real things, whose answers really matter to the teachers and professors, to the students, and to others who need to know. Burns discusses how to make research count to offer not only pedagogical benefits but many intellectual and practical benefits.
ISSN:0047-231X
1943-4898