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The end of average : how we succeed in a world that values sameness / Todd Rose with Ogi Ogas.

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HarperCollins Canada, 2016.

Education -- Standards.

9781443437134 (hc., HarperCollins Canada ed.)

9780062358363 (hc., HarperOne USA ed.)

0062358367 (hc., HarperOne USA ed.)

247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"Using the latest psychological and sociological research, this book shows that success is found in individual strengths and weaknesses. People behave and learn in distinctive ways. And yet these individual patterns get lost in our educational institutions and in the workforce -- which remain rooted in the misguided belief that statistical averages are good enough to understand individuals and identify their unique talents. Standardized tests, grading systems, job applicant profiling, performance reviews -- they ignore our differences and ultimately fail at measuring our capacity for success. In this study of the science of the individual, Todd Rose, shows how, when we focus on individual findings rather than group findings or averages, we can rethink the world and everyone's potential in it. By understanding the three "principles of individuality"--the principle of the jagged profile, the principle of context, and the principle of pathways -- we can avoid setting our children, students and employees up for repeated failure and instead find the right path for success. Each of us is not anything close to average -- because the average is a statistical myth. Presenting a new way of understanding and maximizing everyone's potential"--From publisher.

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