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The Aptitude Myth

- How an Ancient Belief Came to Undermine Children’s Learning Today
Af: Cornelius N. Grove Engelsk Paperback

The Aptitude Myth

- How an Ancient Belief Came to Undermine Children’s Learning Today
Af: Cornelius N. Grove Engelsk Paperback
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The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children’s mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans’ ways of thinking about children’s learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely by innate aptitude. The Aptitude Myth traces the deep historical origins, the spread and elaboration, and the eventual triumph of the belief in the determining power of mental abilities “given” at birth and therefore fixed. Covered is 600 B.C.E. until 1926 (when the S.A.T. was first administered). The belief in aptitude, assumed by many Americans to be the modern view of learning ability, is revealed as an archaic way of thinking that originated in the imaginations of our ancient forebears and gradually gained credibility over 2,500 years. In recent times, the belief became elaborated to include the fanciful notion that more-than-modest academic study injures a child’s health. Having inherited this mindset, Americans don’t know how to insure that children gain mastery. A new mindset is needed. The final chapter offers a transformative mindset.
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The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children’s mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans’ ways of thinking about children’s learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely by innate aptitude. The Aptitude Myth traces the deep historical origins, the spread and elaboration, and the eventual triumph of the belief in the determining power of mental abilities “given” at birth and therefore fixed. Covered is 600 B.C.E. until 1926 (when the S.A.T. was first administered). The belief in aptitude, assumed by many Americans to be the modern view of learning ability, is revealed as an archaic way of thinking that originated in the imaginations of our ancient forebears and gradually gained credibility over 2,500 years. In recent times, the belief became elaborated to include the fanciful notion that more-than-modest academic study injures a child’s health. Having inherited this mindset, Americans don’t know how to insure that children gain mastery. A new mindset is needed. The final chapter offers a transformative mindset.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 198
ISBN-13: 9781475804362
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1475804369
Udg. Dato: 19 jun 2013
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 177mm
Højde: 251mm
Forlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato: 19 jun 2013
Forfatter(e): Cornelius N. Grove
Forfatter(e) Cornelius N. Grove


Kategori Uddannelse: eksamination og evaluering


ISBN-13 9781475804362


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 198


Udgave


Længde 13mm


Bredde 177mm


Højde 251mm


Udg. Dato 19 jun 2013


Oplagsdato 19 jun 2013


Forlag Rowman & Littlefield

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