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Month: October 2017

Dispersity in the classroom

October 21, 2017

Here’s an amusing way dispersity, a measure of how different the sizes of objects in a collection are, crops up in classroom management. Imagine that I’m a teacher who wants more participation in class. More specifically, during class discussions a few of my students are regular contributors, but I want everyone to join in on … More Dispersity in the classroom

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