Ross and Kyle provide teacher educators with a way of presenting and discussing teacher effectiveness research in the context of the teacher education curric ulum. The authors argue that it is im perative that preservice teachers de velop an ability to use and reflect on conflicting research findings. The read ing research and direct instruction studies serve as paradigmatic cases.
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