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ERIC Number: EJ215953
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Feb
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The New Direction in Educational Research: Alterable Variables.
Bloom, Benjamin S.
Phi Delta Kappan, v61 n6 p382-85 Feb 1980
The shift to alterable variables (those that can be changed before or during the teaching and learning processes) enables researchers to move from an emphasis on prediction and classification to a concern for causality and the relations between means and ends in teaching and learning. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Formative Evaluation, Learning Readiness, Predictor Variables, Research Methodology, Teaching Methods, Time Factors (Learning)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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