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Gorlewski, Julie – English Journal, 2011
The word "data" connotes math, science, and technology: digits and quantifiable units. Data imply objectification--reducing ideas, and perhaps even students and teachers, to products that can be measured and compared. Ironically, however, this conception of data is itself reductive, and it minimizes the richness and potential of data.…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Data, Information Processing, Teaching (Occupation)
Mills, Lane – Principal Leadership, 2006
School systems can be data rich and information poor if they do not understand and manage their data effectively. The task for school leaders is to put existing data into a format that lends itself to answering questions and improving outcomes for the students. Common barriers to transforming data into knowledge in education settings often include…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Technology, Information Management, Information Literacy