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General Background


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Fundamentally, an accredited object must show correlation to curricular goals, be appropriate for its intended audience, be widely accessible across barriers that hinder non-traditional learners, and be useful to classroom teachers. Traditionally one might correlate an object based on any official or non-official standards that exist in a content area. Appropriateness may include level of difficulty of writing or maturity of content, but could also include the fidelity of the model to data or accepted theory - i.e. is the model "good enough" for the user's purpose? Traditional barriers to accessibility may be due to price, availability of resources, or a user's disability. Usefulness implies that an item will actually see classroom use--it must capture the users' attention and make learning more active, engaging, or authentic.

Whereas verification asks the question "is the model right", and validation asks the question "is it the right model", accreditation asks the question "is it the right model for me?"


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