Re:Study says standardized testing is overwhelming nation’s ...
by matwood on Sunday October 25, 2015 @03:17PM
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That's the fault of a poor education process and not that of education or even testing for that matter. This was posted on HN the other day and it is certainly something I had to overcome as I transitioned from being told I was smart to almost failing out of college.
http://akaptur.com/blog/2015/10/10/effective-learning-strate...
I think we need more methods for teaching (I wish I had Kahn Academy when growing up!). Everyone gets to where they understand basic math and reading comprehension in their own way, and that's fine. But if we are not checking up on students progress and making sure they have some basic level of general education, we are failing the students.
In my charity work I regularly interact with people whose education has been harmful to them. They failed, and from that failure gained the impression that they were stupid, and/or unable to learn specific subjects. Even putting aside the harm of taking up someone's time to no profit for themselves, you learn more than the information in the curriculum. You learn an attitude towards education, an assessment of how you relate to it. What many people learn is that it's not for them.