Defining "Highly Qualified Teachers": What Does "Scientifically-Based Research" Actually Tell Us?

What is Scientifically Based Research? USING RESEARCH AND REASON IN EDUCATION - A Guide for Teachers

What does the residual income method tell us about housing affordability in Australia?

This bulletin is based on research conducted by Professor Terry Burke and Ms Liss Ralston at the AHURI UNSWUWS Research Centre, and Professor Michael Stone from the University of Massachusetts, USA. The project considered the policy implications of using a different measure for housing affordability— using the residual income rather than the income ratio method. What does the residual income me...

Risk and Adult Social Care: What Does UK Research Evidence Tell Us?

Risk is a central defining feature and area of concern in adult social care provision, but what do we actually know? This question is increasingly important; as current policy advocates greater service user choice and control through a range of selfdirected support mechanisms, and statutory duties and professional boundaries are challenged. This paper reports the results of a recently completed...

Assessing Phonemic Awareness Using Children's Writing: What does "BoBiBlokhed" tell us?

There is a wide body of research to support the view that children with low levels of phonemic awareness on entering school are more likely to be poorer readers and spellers than those with high levels (Adams, 1990; Bradley & Bryant, 1983, 1985; Frith, 1985; Mann, 1993; Snow, Burns & Griffin, 1998). Because academic success is largely dependent upon reading, teachers need a quick and accurate w...

The Cochlear Implant

The studies on cochlear implants have been conducted in the United States, Austria, Brasil, France, Finland, and some other countries. Up to now, this technique does not seem to have a wide spread application. Indeed it can only apply cases of deafness still presenting sufficient neural remnants to transmit the message. Moreover, the patient must be totally deaf( quasi­ complete loss of har cel...