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Index
Cover
Contents
Title
Copyright
Dedication
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction: What Are You to Believe?
Part One: Why We So Easily Believe Bad Science
Chapter 1: Why Smart People Believe Dumb Things
Unconscious Persuasion
“I’m Trying to Think, but Nothing Happens”
We’re Not That Cool
Chapter 2: Science and Belief
The World Turned Upside Down
The Romantic Impulse
Meta-Beliefs in Education Today
Chapter 3: What Scientists Call Good Science
How Science Works
Observing the World
Speaking Theoretically
Testing, Testing
Safeguarding Science
Chapter 4: How to Use Science
Clarifying the Relationship Between Applied and Basic Research
Method One: Draw on Basic Scientific Knowledge
Method Two: Two Problems, Not Four
Part Two: The Shortcut Solution
Chapter 5: Step One: Strip It and Flip It
Strip It
Flip It
Claims Not Worth Your Time
Chapter 6: Step Two: Trace It
When Authority Fails
Can Authority Work in Education Research?
Chapter 7: Step Three: Analyze It
How to Use Your Experience
Stuff That Masquerades as Evidence
Finding and Interpreting Research Studies
Chapter 8: Step Four: Should I Do It?
Looking Back
The Owl of Minerva
Looking Forward
Name Index
Subject Index
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