Recommendations for Hart Banach

1. The proportion of students that are “represented” by the funds of knowledge that are incorporated in a program may affect student success. As a result, these proportions should be kept constant amongst the programs. Or, if enough programs are held, the proportions can vary and be considered as a covariate, perhaps telling us how this proportion impacts student success.

2. A good measure of “student success” is their enthusiasm about learning and school. A good way to quantify this is through student participation – namely, the number of times a student “raises their hand”. This is similar to “attendance” data but has the benefits that 1. it is controlled by the student (not influenced by the parents), 2. data can be collected in a smaller time frame, and 3. an upper limit is not really an issue.