Clifford Stoll (1996) Silicon Snake Oil. Book review by Mike Eisenberg

LOUISE STOLL, RAY BOLAM, AGNES MCMAHON, MIKE WALLACE and SALLY THOMAS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

International evidence suggests that educational reform’s progress depends on teachers’ individual and collective capacity and its link with schoolwide capacity for promoting pupils’ learning. Building capacity is therefore critical. Capacity is a complex blend of motivation, skill, positive learning, organisational conditions and culture, and infrastructure of support. Put together, it gives i...

Test Automation Snake Oil

Case #5: A program consisting of many hundreds of nearly independent functions is put into service with only rudimentary testing. Just prior to delivery, a large proportion of the functions are deactivated as part of debugging. Almost a year passes before anyone notices that those functions are missing. These are vignettes from my own experience, but I bet they sound familiar. It’s a common com...

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