Projects

01/04/08 - 31/03/11

 

The main aims and objectives of the 3 year project are to:

 

• develop understanding of the methodology of quantitative synthesis and the meta-analysis of intervention research findings in education;
• provide training regionally in interpreting and conducting quantitative synthesis of intervention research in education and other social sciences;
• offer researchers at different stages of their careers training in:
  
  

1. the understanding and interpretation of studies using quantitative synthesis or meta-analysis,
2. understanding and application of the method, and
3. developing expertise in understanding advanced issues and advanced techniques in the field;
   
   

• provide support to research students in education in interpreting meta-analyses to extend and complement their training in reviewing empirical research literature.

 

Please see project website for further information http://www.dur.ac.uk/education /meta-ed

 

Principal Investigator: Professor Steven Higgins, Durham University
Co-Investigators: Professor Robert Coe, Durham University,
Dr Mark Newman, Institute of Education, University of London,
Dr James Thomas, Institute of Education, University of London,
Professor Carole Torgerson, University of Birmingham

Project Highlights

Three levels of training are being offered across the UK through face-to-face workshops in Belfast, Cardiff, Durham, Edinburgh, London and York.
The project will develop a legacy of practical resources and workshop materials which will be available electronically.
In March and June 2010, international leaders in the fields of quantitative synthesis and evaluation will each lead a seminar in Edinburgh and London respectively.