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Publication Date: 1993
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Lake Wobegon Revisited: On Diversity and Education.
Biemiller, Andrew
Educational Researcher, v22 n9 p7-12 Dec 1993
Argues that current educational practices underestimate the magnitude of diversity in educational achievement and that disregarding diversity widens the range of differences. Reducing concern with grade-level achievement and increasing concern with academic mastery would have long-term educational benefits. Changes are proposed for elementary instruction. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individual Differences, Instructional Effectiveness, Mastery Learning, Skill Development, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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