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field-initiated research

Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.

The term “field-initiated research” means basic research or applied research in which specific questions and methods of study are generated by investigators (including teachers and other practitioners) and that conforms to standards of scientifically valid research.

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The term “field-initiated research” means education research in which topics and methods of study are generated by investigators, including teachers and other practitioners, not by the source of funding.

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