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- From: john@jlc.mv.com (John Leslie)
- Subject: Re: Demise of honor programs in public high schools
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.212458.5571@jlc.mv.com>
- Organization: John Leslie Consulting, Milford NH
- References: <Bu9opJ.46G@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Sep9.213509.7219@bostech.com> <BuDDI3.4r0@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 21:24:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep9.213509.7219@bostech.com> (Leon Story) writes:
-
- > If it's so impossible to provide superior education to a class which
- > contains very bright (and motivated) and very slow kids, then why not
- > give the supposedly bright ones the assignment of getting the slow
- > ones up to speed (in motivation, in skills, and in comprehension)?
- > Surely that's one of the greatest challenges they'll ever face.
-
- In article <BuDDI3.4r0@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> (Herman Rubin) writes:
-
- > Should a bright student learn a small fraction of what could otherwise
- > be learned and spend the bulk of the times attempting to teach the slow
- > ones?
-
- "By your students you'll be taught."
-
- Herman Rubin makes a tacit assumption that the top students will
- learn most efficiently when they are separated. My experience hints
- it ain't so... Most people seem to learn best while explaining something
- to an avid student.
-
- Leon Story issues a good challenge, but perhaps an unfair one. The
- poorly motivated student is a challenge that few of our best teachers
- can meet. I can't really ask non-teachers to accomplish what our best
- teachers cannot. And, past some point, a deficit of skills creates too
- much of a gulf for the bright student to bridge. But for the motivated,
- interested, and ready student, I quite agree.
-
- John Leslie <john@jlc.mv.com>
-