Parts Of The Whole: Thinking about Variance: Standards, Targets, Tracking, and Other Thoughts

Variation is a natural result of any process, including education. Understanding how variation propagates and increases is necessary for designing educational interventions that work for the intended population. We show how common strategies such as setting standards and tracking can accidentally pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dorothy Wallace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Numeracy Network 2010-07-01
Series:Numeracy
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.3.2.9