Joseph A. Taylor

Principal Researcher

Joseph A. Taylor is a principal researcher at AIR where he directs intervention impact studies, syntheses of the effects of science education interventions, and contributes to AIR’s work on the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC).

Dr. Taylor is currently a co-Principal Investigator of a US Department of Education funded grant (Education Innovation and Research program) that is studying the effects of a promising professional development program for elementary science teachers. He is also overseeing impact analyses on a US Department of Education funded grant (Supporting Effective Educator Development program) that is also studying the effects of professional development on teacher and student outcomes. He is senior advisor of a NSF funded meta-analysis of the effects of the 5E instructional model. Dr. Taylor also consults on AIR projects with regard to psychometric validation of measurement instruments.

In his work, Dr. Taylor draws upon his experience teaching statistics and measurement at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, as well as prior experience as a high school physics and math teacher.

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Expertise
Education
Education Policy
STEM
Services
Research Design, Analysis, and Reporting
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
Measurement and Psychometrics

Ph.D., Science Education, The Pennsylvania State University

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Related Work
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Promoting Knowledge Accumulation About Intervention Effects: Exploring Strategies for Standardizing Statistical Approaches and Effect Size Reporting

25 Oct 2021
Toward the goal of more rapid knowledge accumulation via better meta-analyses, this article explores statistical approaches intended to increase the precision and comparability of effect sizes from education research.
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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 5E-Based Interventions for Improving STEM Outcomes

The Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation (5E) instructional model was first introduced in 1990 and is ubiquitously used in STEM education. Using a rigorous systematic review methodology, we are identifying all published and unpublished studies that use a high-quality study design to evaluate the effects of the 5E instructional model ...