Towards a culture of inquiry for data use in schools: Breaking down professional learning barriers through intentional interruption

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-40

  Katz, Steven ^a   Dack, Lisa Ain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive biases; Data use; Professional learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903733491     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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