EXPERIMENT AS A METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF EFFICIENCY OF PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS IN THE FIELD OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

The article presents fundamental propositions for conducting experimental study in the field of education in order to assess efficiency of educational practices and innovations. Experiment is considered as a method that has advantages in exploring casual link between independent and dependent variables. In addition, the article contains the description of threats to validity and the demonstration of concrete examples and their critique.

Keywords

• эксперимент
• экспериментальный план
• причинно-следственная связь
• внутренняя и внешняя валидность эксперимента
• угрозы валидности
• образовательные практики и нововведения
• оценка эффективности образовательных практик
• experiment
• experimental plan
• casual link
• external and internal validity
• threats to validity
• educational practices and innovation
• assessment of the efficiency of educational practices and innovations