Achievement Is a Relation, Not a Trait: The Gravity of the Situation

Autor/in	Corrado, Gail
Titel	Achievement Is a Relation, Not a Trait: The Gravity of the Situation
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 31 (2012) 6, S.587-601 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-012-9311-x
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Research Problems; Physics; Definitions; Misconceptions; At Risk Students; Intervention; Educational Theories; Educational Policy; Educational Philosophy; Relationship; Ability; Achievement; Scientific Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Forschungskritik; Physik; Begriffsbestimmung; Missverständnis; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Wechselbeziehung; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Performance; Leistung
Abstract	Ability and achievement are not traits: they are relations. Mistaking traits for relations has a history even in science (our understanding of gravity). This mistake is possibly responsible for the lackluster performance of the results of our educational research when we have tried to use it to inform policy. It is particularly troublesome for interventions that target "children at risk." The paper provides a quasi-formal outline of achievement as a relation and it then uses the outline to explain some problematic research findings. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10