scholarly journals From old school to open science: The implications of new research norms for educational psychology and beyond

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Hunter Gehlbach ◽  
Carly D. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Open Science ◽  
New Research

scholarly journals From Old School to Open Science: The Implications of New Research Norms for Educational Psychology and Beyond

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hunter Gehlbach ◽  
Carly D Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
School Practices ◽  
Science Practices ◽  
Educational Psychologists ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
New Research

Recently, scholars have noted how several “old school” practices—a host of well-regarded, long-standing scientific norms—in combination, sometimes compromise the credibility of research. In response, other scholarly fields have developed several “open science” norms and practices to address these credibility issues. Against this backdrop, this special issue explores the extent to which and how these norms should be adopted and adapted for educational psychology and education more broadly. Our introductory article contextualizes the special issue’s goals by: overviewing the historical context that led to open science norms (particularly in medicine and psychology); providing a conceptual map to illustrate the interrelationships between various old school as well as open science practices; and then describing educational psychologists’ opportunity to benefit from and contribute to the translation of these norms to novel research contexts. We conclude by previewing the articles in the special issue.

Open science reforms: Strengths, challenges, and future directions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn R. Wentzel
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Science Practices ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Impact

In this article, I comment on the potential benefits and limitations of open science reforms for improving the transparency and accountability of research, and enhancing the credibility of research findings within communities of policy and practice. Specifically, I discuss the role of replication and reproducibility of research in promoting better quality studies, the identification of generalizable principles, and relevance for practitioners and policymakers. Second, I suggest that greater attention to theory might contribute to the impact of open science practices, and discuss ways in which theory has implications for sampling, measurement and research design. Ambiguities concerning the aims of preregistration and registered reports also are highlighted. In conclusion, I discuss structural roadblocks to open science reform and reflect on the relevance of these reforms for educational psychology.

Preregistration and Registered Reports

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Reich
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Science Methods ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Scientific Process ◽  
Science Practices ◽  
Post Hoc

Preregistration and registered reports are two promising open science practices for increasing transparency in the scientific process. In particular, they create transparency around one of the most consequential distinctions in research design: the data analytics decisions made before data collection and post-hoc decisions made afterwards. Preregistration involves publishing a time-stamped record of a study design before data collection or analysis. Registered reports are a publishing approach that facilitates the evaluation of research without regard for the direction or magnitude of findings. In this paper, I evaluate opportunities and challenges for these open science methods, offer initial guidelines for their use, explore relevant tensions around new practices, and illustrate examples from educational psychology and social science. This paper was accepted for publication in Educational Psychologist volume 56, issue 2; scheduled for April 2021, as a part of a special issue titled, “Educational psychology in the open science era.”This preprint has been peer reviewed, but not copy edited by the journal and may differ from the final published version. The DOI of the final published version is: [insert preprint DOI number]. Once the article is published online, it will be available at the following permanent link: [insert doi link]

scholarly journals Open science and the academic profession

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-205
Author(s):  
Rosanna De Rosa ◽  
Biagio Aragona
Keyword(s):  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Academic Profession ◽  
Epistemic Communities ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
New Science ◽  
Professional Transition ◽  
New Research

Open science is considered a new science paradigm to make research accessible, accountable, and effective. Open science is already changing the academic profession starting from micro-practices to professional relations with epistemic communities and stakeholders, with implications that we are not yet able to predict. The article delves first into literature and official documentation to unfold the discursive regimes which sustain the spread of open science. A specific focus is then devoted to the professional transition, highlighting the role of funding organizations in setting the new science environment and the subjective experience of academics. The article is completed by a case study in the field of Research Data Management where the misalignment among incumbent/changing processes can be more apparent. Finally, a research agenda that focuses on how academic micro-practices are affecting organizations and science structures is proposed. This article aims at beginning to plow the ground for new research directions to emerge.

scholarly journals The Quantitative Implications of Definitions of Giftedness

AERA Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 233285841983100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew T. McBee ◽  
Matthew C. Makel
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Science Framework ◽  
Self Consistency

Educational psychology is replete with verbal or qualitative definitions through which students can be considered members of categories, such as learning disabled, autistic, or gifted. These conceptions carry quantitative implications regarding the incidence rates of the phenomena they describe. To be scientifically useful, such definitions should have sufficient specificity and internal consistency. We analyzed four influential definitions of giftedness and assessed their internal consistency by computing the giftedness rate implied by each. Results reveal that the proportion of individuals who meet the standard of giftedness under some definitions is unrealistically high (e.g., >75% in some conditions). The implication of this work is that the rigor and internal self-consistency of educational concepts requires improvement. The field must carefully consider the quantitative implications of its concepts, statements, and definitions. An Open Science Framework project page containing R code, a technical appendix, and all figures and tables from this paper is available at https://osf.io/6e7g9/ .

Implications of the Open Science Era for Educational Psychology Research Syntheses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly D Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Selective Reporting ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Questionable Research Practices ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Open Materials

Extensive debate and criticism of potentially common, yet questionable research practices that lead to biased findings within social and health sciences has emerged over the last decade. These challenges likely apply to educational psychology, though the field has been slow to address them. This article discusses current research norms, strategic solutions proposed under the broad rubric of “Open Science”, and the implications of both for the way research syntheses in educational psychology are conducted and the quality of the information they produce. Strategies such as preregistration, open materials and data, and registered reports stand to address significant threats to the validity of research synthesis. These include challenges associated with publication, dissemination, and selective reporting biases, comprehensive information retrieval, and opportunities to execute unique analytic approaches. A final issue is the development of parallel solutions that address biases specific to the decision making of researchers conducting and evaluating research syntheses. PLEASE DO NOT CITE YET:This article is part of a forthcoming journal Special Issue on Open Science in Education and currently under review. Carly Robinson is NOT the correct author, so please do not cite this article until it is updated with the correct authors' names. If you are interested in citing this work please either (a) check back at this url later -- we anticipated that the correct authors' names will be included no later than February 2021, or (b) contact Carly Robinson ([email protected]) directly to see if the paper might be cited on an earlier time frame.

scholarly journals Open Science, Bandung and Ezekiel: crafting a transnational knowledge space towards the brave new world

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Pak Nung Wong
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Global South ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Knowledge Space ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Abrahamic Religions ◽  
Brave New World ◽  
Research Agendas ◽  
New Research ◽  
Science Movement

To explore a new de-colonial option for the global future, this article grapples with three movements of our time: the ‘Open Science’ movement, the 1955 African-Asian conference and the Non-Aligned Movement, and the post-exilic prophetic movement of the Abrahamic religions. It explores an alternative intellectual project which will facilitate new research agendas and publication directions that will simultaneously speaks to the three wider audience of the present-day world: the sciences, the Global South and the Abrahamic religious traditions. My objective is to delineate a theological, geopolitical and anthropological exposition as an ethical anchorage for the present Bandung project to steadily move towards the Open Science era. I will argue for Ezekiel’s prophetic model as a plausible de-colonial option for crafting the transnational open knowledge space.

scholarly journals Training New Research Trainers: an Open Science and Medical Education Innovative Experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Theresa Zuffo Yabrude ◽  
Letícia Nunes Campos ◽  
Samantha Sartore Duque Estrada Medeiros ◽  
Clarissa Garcia Custódio ◽  
Richardson Chaves de Abreu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Leadership ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Education Student ◽  
International Partnerships ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
Online Format ◽  
New Research ◽  
Scientific Skills

Abstract Introduction: Open science is a valuable path to boost the global potential of scientific research by removing barriers for producing, disseminating, and putting science into practice, with the spirit of collaboration, inclusivity and focusing on communities’ rising demands. Open science principles instigate the management of scientific knowledge and the enhancement of abilities such as research, project management, team-building skills, and numerous others, which are essential for medical practice according to international recommendations, although still underexplored by medical schools.Methods: Open science, peer education, student leadership and developing of scientific skills were cornerstones to promote the Training New Research Trainers, the first edition of a national Brazilian student-led online workshop aiming to capacitate medical students in such targeted competencies and abilities through active teaching and learning methodologies.Results: Despite the challenges of online format, as impairment in some dynamics and assessment methods, it improved the access to the event from all Brazilian regions, totaling 409 submissions. Thus, it was necessary to have a previous selection of participants and adjustments in the workshop to assist twice the expected attendants.Discussion and Conclusions: Training New Research Trainers surpassed the national distribution inequalities of research opportunities and resources; mirrored open science bases in terms of access, education and methodology; and showed to be a promising opportunity for students to be protagonists of their learning process and to contribute to future changes in their reality, especially regarding the public health landscape. Improvements and consolidation of the workshop protocol and its expansion through national and international partnerships are the following goals.

scholarly journals Big data and digital methods in science communication research: opportunities, challenges and limits

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. C01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico Pitrelli
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Computational Social Science ◽  
Science Journalism ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
Scientific Controversies ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
New Research

Computational social science represents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of reality based on advanced computer tools. From economics to political science, from journalism to sociology, digital approaches and techniques for the analysis and management of large quantities of data have now been adopted in several disciplines. The papers in this JCOM commentary focus on the use of such approaches and techniques in the research on science communication. As the papers point out, the most significant advantages of a computational approach in this sector include the chance to open up a range of new research opportunities: from the study of technical and scientific controversies to citizen science, from the definition of new norms and practices for science journalism to open science issues. On the other hand, difficulties are shared with other areas of application. The main risk is that the large quantity of data available can overwhelm the importance of theory. Instead, as the papers in this commentary demonstrate, big data should push scientists to pursue a deeper epistemological and methodological reflection also in the research on science communication.

scholarly journals Did you Ask for Citations? An Insight into Preprint Citations en route to Open Science

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Pagliaro
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Conference Paper ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
New Research ◽  
Insight Into

Preprints are regularly cited in peer reviewed journal articles, books and conference paper. Are preprint citations somehow less important than citations to peer reviewed research papers? This study investigates citation patterns between 2017 and 2020 for preprints published in three preprint servers, one specializing in biology (bioRxiv), one in chemistry (ChemRxiv), and another hosting preprints in all disciplines (Research Square). As evaluation of scholarship continues to largely rely on citation-based metrics, this analysis and its outcomes will be useful to inform new research-based education in today’s scholarly communication.

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