Lolita A. Tabron University of Denver Amanda K. Thomas University of the Southern Caribbean"Deeper than Wordplay: A Systematic Review of Critical Quantitative Approaches in Education Research (2007–2021)" Review of Educational Research, Volume 93, Issue 5, February 2023.
The 2024 Review of Research Award is presented to Dr. Lolita A. Tabron and Dr. Amanda K. Thomas for their article "Deeper than wordplay: A systematic review of critical quantitative approaches in education research (2007-2021)," which was published in the October 2023 issue of Review of Educational Research. Tabron and Thomas’ manuscript is a cutting-edge contribution to the literature on race and schooling that works “to understand how critical approaches to quantitative inquiry emerged as a new paradigm within quantitative methods, and whether there is any distinction between quantitative criticalism, QuantCrit, and critical quantitative inquiries or simply interchangeable wordplay” (p. 756). As one reviewer shared, “this piece calls for an epistemological shift and emphasis that is crucial to moving the field forward.” Reviewers predicted that this manuscript will become a foundational publication for scholars to embrace.
The Review of Research Award recognizes the most outstanding research review article published in the Review of Educational Research (RER) or the Review of Research in Education (RRE). The elements of an outstanding research review include: (1) significance of the contribution to advancing knowledge, (2) transparency of the methods and scope of research included in the review, and (3) uniqueness in addressing new or novel bodies of research or integrating distinctive areas. The award is granted based on substantial merit, as determined by the selection committee. The committee considers all articles published in RRE and RER published in the volume year immediately preceding the year in which the award is conferred.
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