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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 37 Citations 14,147 125 World Ranking 3355 National Ranking 1714

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Awards & Achievements

2010 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Management
  • Pedagogy

His primary scientific interests are in Public relations, Educational research, Pedagogy, Qualitative research and Management science. His Public relations study combines topics in areas such as Learning opportunities and Teacher leadership. William A. Firestone has included themes like Organizational communication, Educational leadership and Multitude in his Educational research study.

His Pedagogy research incorporates themes from Incentive, Merit pay and Applied mathematics. His work carried out in the field of Qualitative research brings together such families of science as Argument and Generalization. The various areas that William A. Firestone examines in his Management science study include Research design and Research question.

His most cited work include:

  • Alternative Arguments for Generalizing From Data as Applied to Qualitative Research (618 citations)
  • Multisite Qualitative Policy Research: Optimizing Description and Generalizability (591 citations)
  • Meaning in Method: The Rhetoric of Quantitative and Qualitative Research (563 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Pedagogy, Mathematics education, Public relations, Public administration and Professional development. His Pedagogy research includes elements of Publication and Affect. His work on Primary education and Preparatory school as part of general Mathematics education research is frequently linked to Alienation and Work, bridging the gap between disciplines.

His research in Public relations intersects with topics in Incentive and Educational research. His studies deal with areas such as Research design, Qualitative research and Data collection as well as Educational research. He usually deals with Professional development and limits it to topics linked to Teaching method and Order.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Pedagogy (28.69%)
  • Mathematics education (23.77%)
  • Public relations (22.13%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2002-2021)?

  • Pedagogy (28.69%)
  • Mathematics education (23.77%)
  • Public relations (22.13%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Pedagogy, Mathematics education, Public relations, Accountability and Professional development. His Pedagogy study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Qualitative research. The Qualitative research study combines topics in areas such as Language proficiency and Poverty.

The Cognitively Guided Instruction research William A. Firestone does as part of his general Mathematics education study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Test preparation, Fundamental change and Ideology, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science. His Public relations research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Social psychology and Motivation theory. William A. Firestone combines subjects such as Social network, Teaching method, Order, Library science and Incentive with his study of Professional development.

Between 2002 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • A new agenda for research in educational leadership (141 citations)
  • Districts, Teacher Leaders, and Distributed Leadership: Changing Instructional Practice (122 citations)
  • The ambiguity of teaching to the test : standards, assessment, and educational reform (86 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Management
  • Pedagogy

His scientific interests lie mostly in Pedagogy, Public relations, Teacher learning, Teaching method and Professional development. In the subject of general Pedagogy, his work in Teacher leadership is often linked to Administrative support, thereby combining diverse domains of study. His Teacher leadership study incorporates themes from Instructional leadership, Mathematics education, Content knowledge, Educational administration and Qualitative research.

His study in Public relations is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Performance based assessment, Policy analysis, Social psychology and Incentive. His studies in Teaching method integrate themes in fields like Organizational capacity, Human resources and Set. His Professional development study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Distributed leadership, Resource allocation and Participative decision-making.

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Best Publications

Meaning in Method: The Rhetoric of Quantitative and Qualitative Research

William A. Firestone.
Educational Researcher (1987)

1712 Citations

Multisite Qualitative Policy Research: Optimizing Description and Generalizability

Robert E. Herriott;William A. Firestone.
Educational Researcher (1983)

1679 Citations

Alternative Arguments for Generalizing From Data as Applied to Qualitative Research

William A. Firestone.
Educational Researcher (1993)

1537 Citations

Teacher Commitment, Working Conditions, and Differential Incentive Policies

William A. Firestone;James R. Pennell.
Review of Educational Research (1993)

1044 Citations

Performance-Based Assessment and Instructional Change: The Effects of Testing in Maine and Maryland.

William A. Firestone;David Mayrowetz;Janet Fairman.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (1998)

504 Citations

Who's in Charge Here? Sources of Leadership for Change in Eight Schools

Marjorie F. Heller;William A. Firestone.
Elementary School Journal (1995)

479 Citations

Using Bureaucratic and Cultural Linkages to Improve Instruction: The Principal's Contribution.

William A. Firestone;Bruce L. Wilson.
Educational Administration Quarterly (1985)

465 Citations

Building Commitment in Urban High Schools

William A. Firestone;Sheila Rosenblum.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (1988)

448 Citations

Change and effectiveness in schools : a cultural perspective

Gretchen Rossman;H. D Corbett;W. A Firestone.
(1988)

395 Citations

Districts, Teacher Leaders, and Distributed Leadership: Changing Instructional Practice

William A. Firestone;M. Cecilia Martinez.
Leadership and Policy in Schools (2007)

279 Citations

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