Aiming Further: Addressing the Need for High-Quality Longitudinal Research in Education

作者：Tyler W. Watts, Drew H. Bailey, C. Li · 发表于：Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.1080/19345747.2019.1644692 · 被引用次数：30 · 研究领域：Psychology

Abstract Theories regarding the long-term effects of educational interventions are often assumed, but rarely tested using experimental methods. In the following commentary, we argue that the shortage of randomized control trials with long-term follow-up presents serious problems for the field, as it hampers our ability to develop educational programs that produce long-lasting effects, and creates incentives for the research community to focus too much attention on short-run impacts. We presents steps that both researchers and funders could take to substantially improve the educational research literature by investing in educational experiments with long-term follow-up.