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ERIC Number: EJ596392
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Toward a Knowledge Base for School Learning.
Wang, Margaret C.; Haertel, Geneva D.; Walberg, Herbert J.
Review of Educational Research, v63 n3 p249-94 Fall 1993
Identifies and estimates the influence of educational, psychological, and social factors on learning, using evidence from 61 research experts, 91 meta-analyses, and 179 handbook chapters and narrative reviews. Results suggest an emergent base for school learning, with proximal (psychological, instructional, and home environment) variables exerting more influence than distal (demographic, policy, and organizational) variables. Contains 116 references. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Learning, Meta Analysis, Psychological Characteristics, Social Influences, Teacher Competencies, Teaching Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue focusing on the knowledge base for school learning. Research supported in part by the Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement.