Research-Based Claims - Can You Trust What Businesses Say?
Free Early Learning Webinar with the Experts
Dr. Kyle Snow | Oct 6, 2011 | 2 PM ET |
Recent trends in education have highlighted the need for evidence-based practices, and the use of materials that are research-based. This provides a strong incentive for businesses developing early childhood education resources to develop or claim a research basis for their products. In this webinar, Dr. Kyle Snow provides a framework for early educators to use in evaluating research claims associated with early childhood tools and products. How can good research be encouraged, identified, and best represented? Can you trust business’ claims that their tools are research-based when they conduct or pay for the research? Who’s responsible for ensuring integrity in the research and development process?
Dr. Kyle Snow, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Applied Research, NAEYC
Kyle Snow is currently Senior Scholar, and Director of the Center for Applied Research, at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Prior to joining NAEYC in 2010, Dr. Snow was a senior research psychologist at Research Triangle International (RTI), where he was the Principal Investigator for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Birth cohort study (ECLS-B). Prior to joining RTI in 2005, Dr. Snow was the Director of the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Program in Early Learning and School Readiness. Dr. Snow holds an MA and Ph.D. in Human Development from Cornell University. His areas of specialization include infant and child development, the interface between early social and cognitive development, and children’s transition to school. Dr. Snow is co-editor (and contributing author) of School Readiness, Early Learning, and the Transition to Kindergarten in the era of Accountability (Brookes, 2007). He has published papers in a range of areas, and has prepared nearly 20 technical and government reports related to educational programs and educational policy.