Linking Competence to Opportunities to Learn Models of Competence and Data Mining /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Liu, Xiufeng (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Innovations in Science Education and Technology ; 17
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Assessment.; Science Education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Learning & Instruction.

The current world-wide movement toward standards-based science education is based on a belief that every student, no matter how different he/she is, can and should reach a prescribed level of competence. Yet there are differences in circumstances between students that lie beyond their control, such...

Table of Contents:

• Equity and Excellence in Standard-Based Education
• Competence and Opportunity to Learn
• Models of Competence and Data Mining
• Models of Competence and Opportunities to Learn in the Classroom
• Models of Competence and Opportunities to Learn at Home
• Models of Competence and Opportunities to Learn in Schools
• Pedagogical and Policy Implications.