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. Ed(S): Schneider, Barbara L.; McDonald, Sarah-Kathryn - Scale Up in Education - 9780742547308 - V9780742547308
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Scale Up in Education

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Description for Scale Up in Education Hardback. Examines the challenges of scaling up from a multidisciplinary perspective. This work explores the methods for estimating the effects of innovations in larger, more diverse settings and provides theories and models to guide the design of innovations most likely to remain viable at large scales. Editor(s): Schneider, Barbara L.; McDonald, Sarah-Kathryn. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
Scale-Up in Education, Volume 1: Ideas in Principle examines the challenges of "scaling up" from a multidisciplinary perspective. It brings together contributions from disciplines that routinely take promising innovations to scale, including medicine, business, engineering, computing, and education. Together the contributors explore appropriate methods for estimating the effects of innovations in larger, more diverse settings and provide theories and models to guide the design of innovations most likely to remain viable at large scales. Specially-commissioned commentaries also discuss the analytical requirements and theoretical possibilities of a program of educational research on scale-up built upon these foundations. This volume is ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742547308
SKU
V9780742547308
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About . Ed(S): Schneider, Barbara L.; McDonald, Sarah-Kathryn
Barbara Schneider, Ph.D. is a John A. Hannah Distinguished University Professor at Michigan State University and principal investigator of the Data Research and Development Center at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. Sarah-Kathryn McDonald is executive director of the Data Research and Development Center and a research scientist at the National Opinion Research Center at ... Read more

Reviews for Scale Up in Education
Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty.
CHOICE, January 2008
Scale-Up in Education, Volume I, and the discussion it is sure to start, could not have come at a better time. With the growing emphasis on scientifically rigorous methods to learn what works in education, education researchers, policymakers, and practitioners must begin to consider what impacts may occur ... Read more

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