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Murphy, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Teacher Education, 1986
Student opportunity to learn may be the critical variable in explaining student engagement and subsequent achievement. Lower-ability students are systematically discriminated against in quality of instruction and curricular content and in use of learning time. Suggestions regarding teacher preparation to offset these patterns are made. (MT)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Low Achievement
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, CO. – 1994
This paper on the feasibility of using teaching practices as indicators of student learning was developed as part of an ongoing project to develop a process for the assessment of college student learning in the context of National Education Goal 5, Objective 5, which aims to increase the proportion of college graduates with "advanced ability…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Size, College Environment, College Outcomes Assessment