R Barker Bausell

R. Barker Bausell, a recently retired professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, was one of the first investigators to contrast tutoring to classroom instruction under controlled, randomized conditions. He also experimentally manipulated teacher experience, teacher training, teacher knowledge, parental teaching, and numerous other schooling variables which served as the basis for his recent book: Too Simple To Fail: A Case for Educational Change. He has served as the editor in chief of...See more

R. Barker Bausell, a recently retired professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, was one of the first investigators to contrast tutoring to classroom instruction under controlled, randomized conditions. He also experimentally manipulated teacher experience, teacher training, teacher knowledge, parental teaching, and numerous other schooling variables which served as the basis for his recent book: Too Simple To Fail: A Case for Educational Change. He has served as the editor in chief of the peer-reviewed journal Evaluation and the Health Professions for over three decades and is the author of several other books, including: Snake Oil Science; Power Analysis for Experimental Research, A Practical Guide for the Biological, Medical and Social Sciences; Designing Meaningful Experiments: 40 Steps to Becoming a Scientist; and A Practical Guide to Conducting Empirical Research. See less