I am reading the Education literature about things like "assessment for learning". I want to know what are the open questions, what are some issues that researchers have encountered. Where do they wish they had more data? What are some obstacles to developing the theories? What challenges have popped up when implementing theories in the real world classroom?
But I keep finding in the literature that there is lots of prescriptive advice, but not much discussion about where theories fall short. I get things like: "Practical strategies for linking assessment and instruction", "Assessment for teaching", "Designing from outline to teaching"...... But most articles don't identify gaps or challenges or places to pick up for future work. I find this frustrating. UGH!!! But I have to remind myself that this is not a scientific discipline. So I have to be patient and keep reading. (But the literature is busting "how to" information. I don't want advice! I want to know where the gaps are! UGH!)
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