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A.S.L.

American Sign Language


A.T.W.

A.T.W. - around the web.


ABC

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence


ABE

Adult Basic Education


Abilene

A city in Texas, US, and the namesake for the "Abilene Paradox", an anecdote describing a sort of groupthink behavior in which a group decides to do something that no individual in that group wants to do - a "false consensus".

The anecdote as presented in the Wikipedia article:

On a hot afternoon visiting in Coleman, Texas, the family is comfortably playing dominoes on a porch, until the father-in-law suggests that they take a trip to Abilene [53 miles north] for dinner. The wife says, "Sounds like a great idea." The husband, despite having reservations because the drive is long and hot, thinks that his preferences must be out-of-step with the group and says, "Sounds good to me. I just hope your mother wants to go." The mother-in-law then says, "Of course I want to go. I haven't been to Abilene in a long time."

The drive is hot, dusty, and long. When they arrive at the cafeteria, the food is as bad as the drive. They arrive back home four hours later, exhausted.

One of them dishonestly says, "It was a great trip, wasn't it?" The mother-in-law says that, actually, she would rather have stayed home, but went along since the other three were so enthusiastic. The husband says, "I wasn't delighted to be doing what we were doing. I only went to satisfy the rest of you." The wife says, "I just went along to keep you happy. I would have had to be crazy to want to go out in the heat like that." The father-in-law then says that he only suggested it because he thought the others might be bored.

The group sits back, perplexed that they together decided to take a trip which none of them wanted. They each would have preferred to sit comfortably, but did not admit to it when they still had time to enjoy the afternoon.

Helps explain those instances when one looks about near the of a program implementation and wonders, "How did we get here?!?!".

 

 


ABNT

  1. Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas.
  2. Estabelece as normas para elaboração de trabalhos científicos.

ACA

American Counseling Association

This organization is the professional home to many allied mental health professions, including school counselors.


Academic Institution

An educational institution dedicated to higher education and research, which grants academic degrees.


Accesibilidad

La accesibilidad es el grado en el que todas las personas pueden utilizar un objeto, visitar un lugar o acceder a un servicio, independientemente de sus capacidades técnicas, cognitivas o físicas. Es indispensable e imprescindible, ya que se trata de una condición necesaria para la participación de todas las personas independientemente de las posibles limitaciones funcionales que puedan tener.


Access

The idea that students should have equal access to ideas and technology fuels much of the debate on funding of education



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