When and Where I Found It: This week I was reading one of the assigned journals for class: Guiding Students through Informational Text, by Karen D. Wood. While introducing an Interactive Reading Guide on page 915, Wood claims “Much empirical evidence supports using cooperative learning techniques in the classroom.”
Meaning: According to Webster's online dictionary, empirical evidence is evidence that is "originating in or based on observation or experience"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empirical
Level of Familiarity: I know what evidence means as well as I understand the implications of what evidence means when it comes to research, however, when I came to the term “empirical evidence,” I was unsure about its intended meaning.
Do I Want to Know This Word Well? Why? Yes, I do want to know this word well. Next semester I will be finding peer reviewed articles for my capstone project and will need to understand what type of research was conducted in these studies. Additionally, projects I am working on in my current classes require me to have a thorough understanding of various forms of research and the evidence that results from these studies.
Do I Want Others to Know this Word Well? Who and Why? I feel that my fellow Literacy classmates should fully understand this word and its connection to research. Additionally, those who want to keep up on current investigations would benefit from knowing the implied meaning of this word.
The term empirical evidence was found in:
Wood, K. D. (1988). Guiding students through informational text. The Reading Teacher, 41(9), 912-920.
This is a very interesting phrase. When we use the phrase empirical evidence it almost seems redundant given the definition of the word empirical, don't you think? It is a useful word for those reading research to know!
ReplyDeleteBTW: It looks like you are missing entries for week 7? Or are you simply going to be adding on to weeks 8 and up? Just checking there isn't a technical glitch here.