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What is the name of the concept to describe the magnitude of gains from any given change in an…

Effect size expresses the magnitude of the gain produced by an educational practice in standard deviation units, so it allows a teacher to estimate in advance how much…

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What is the name of the concept to describe the magnitude of gains from any given change in an educational practice and thus to predict what we can hope to accomplish by using that practice?

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Effect size expresses the magnitude of the gain produced by an educational practice in standard deviation units, so it allows a teacher to estimate in advance how much improvement that practice can be expected to yield. Joyce and Weil use it to compare the power of different models of teaching.

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