DT>His findings are accepted because they are reasonable and workable
DT>in an educational setting.  I think if you read a bit about this 
DT>specific study you would find many areas of agreement.  
RM>Reasonable, workable, acceptance, agreement are no substitute
RM>for scientific research..... 
DT>I put more faith in a large body of knowledge and in a large body of 
DT>well-trained educators than I do a series of scientific studies 
Your choice to make....
DT>that may or may not have been preformed correctly.
More likely to be "correctly performed" than a study...
DT>Scientific research is not the end-all tell-all that you claim it 
DT>to be.  
It's still preferable to studies in terms of the validity
of its conclusions (in general, of course)...
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