Because it can be hard to pin down exactly how someone’s ideas have shifted in response to research, it’s often difficult to see the conceptual uses of research.
But as part of a study of research-practice partnerships in three districts, and through our work developing measures of research use in the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice, we have identified three approaches that can help us see the uptake of research ideas in practice. Each approach relies on a different data source, including interviews, observations, and surveys.
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