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- From: wkl1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Wing-Keong Loke the consummate chronic prevaricator)
- Subject: Re: Gifted students in public education: what can be done?
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- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 22:18:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov7.123325.1@hmcvax.claremont.edu> dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu writes:
- >ask, what can be done about how talented students are taught
- >within the public school system (I'm asking this question as a
- ...
- >Don't
- >worry about practicality, costs, etc. If it's a good idea and
- >worth doing a way to do it can be found with a great deal of hard
- >work.
- >
- >-dh
-
- Learnign involves making MISTAKES. This is one of the most important
- things to remember. If you're not making mistakes, it may very well
- mean that you're only rehasing stuff that you're already familiar with,
- without using that knowledge that you've acquired to expand into new
- territories.
- That's why I'm always skeptical about people getting very,
- very good marks on a test. You'd have to ask the tester how he/she
- evaluates the test. If you're a math student, getting 95 on every
- test is NOT something to crow about. It may mean that you're not
- pushed, i.e. you know what you can do but not what you CANNOT do.
- Knowing what you CANNOT do is vital to learning because it would
- provide you with a route to take when learning, i.e. you learn by
- finding holes in your knowledge bank and proceed to fill them out.
-
- This method of learning is harder to accomplish in the
- humanities. I guess a very good example of how we can learn is
- the way Evergreen State College conducts itself. No grades given
- at all; only written evaluations. But they're supposed to be very
- respected, at least that's what I read from Edward B. Fiske's "College
- Guide." I think Mr. Fiske's the New York Times editor of the
- education section.
-
- Another great book to read: "The Quality School: MAnaging
- Students Without Coercion" by William Glaser. HarperPerrenial, 2nd
- edition, 1992. ISBN 0-06-096955-5. Paper. u.s.$11/=.
- or how about the Carnegie Foundation report by Ernest L.
- Boyer : "College education: The undergraduate Experience." I'm not
- quite sure as to the correctness of the title.
-
-