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
Summary
Opportunity-to-learn (OTL) refers to the entitlement of students to receive the necessary classroom, school and family resources to reach the expected competence. This book applies data mining methodology to the issue of standardizing achievement in science education and develops frameworks of competence in the OTL model of science education