Inquiry Data and Understanding

<p><em>Inquiry Data and Understanding</em> is a reflective collection of papers in which Lorin Anderson offers his personal perspective on developments in educational research over thirty years. <br>Following an introductory chapter in which educational research is defined as disciplined inquiry the remaining chapters are divided into four sections: time and learning factors influencing educational effectiveness international perspectives and the nature and purpose of educational research. Each section contains an introduction that places the chapters in that section in a historical and personal context. <br>The fourth section which concludes the book summarises four lessons that were learned about becoming a researcher. Based on these lessons the final chapter describes four needs that must be met if school and classroom research is to move forward: <br>* The need for concept-based research<br>* The need to put students back into the equation<br>* The need to stop focusing on correlates of student achievement<br>* The need for research on alterable variables.</p>