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Making Differences: A Table of Learning

Making Differences: A Table of Learning

When speaking of the goals of science, Alfred North Whitehead once declared, "Seek generalizations—and distrust them!" In the same spirit, Lee Shulman urges you to "Seek taxonomies—and play with them!"
This article, Making Differences: A Table of Learning, was originally published in Change 34(6): 36-44, 2002. Reprinted with permission of the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation. Published by Heldref Publications, 1319 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Copyright © 2002.
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Date Added to MERLOT:
December 13, 2005
Date Modified in MERLOT:
November 6, 2017
Author:
Lee Shulman, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching  
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Nancy J. Pelaez
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College General Ed, Graduate School, Professional
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English
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