Excellent post and a good blog to visit if you are concerned about quality education in this country.
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A Nation Without Skills (But Our Standardized Test Scores are OK!)
Our schools focus on standardized testing which, for the most part, determine how adept students are in choosing among four possible “right answers” or “none of the above.” Now that has value! Or does it? Certainly our government thinks it does! Measurements in the form of standardized test scores are the way “performing schools” are […]
Read More…Core Competencies for Medical Residents
Chicago Medicine has an excellent article entitled “Milestones in Graduate Medical Education” by Louis J. Ling, MD and Laura Edgar, EdD, CAE in its February 2013 edition. This article deals with improving measurements for medical residents and lists six “Core Competencies” that were established in 1991 by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). […]
Read More…Information + Analysis = Critical Thinking . . . Howard Gardner has it right!
Two of the most important of the “Critical Skills” are the skill of acquiring information and then doing something with it to solve a problem or draw a conclusion. This is the essence of “Critical Thinking” . . . and noted Harvard professor, Howard Gardner, has been arguing for years about the importance of critical […]
Read More…National Academy Foundation TEACHES the “Critical Skills!”
The National Academy Foundation (NAF) is a leader in the movement to prepare young people for college and career success. For 30 years, NAF has refined a proven educational model which includes industry-focused curricula, work-based learning experiences, and business partner expertise from our their themes: Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Information Technology, Engineering, and Health Sciences. […]
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