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shared by Rebecca Patterson on 06 Sep 13 - No Cached

shared by Rebecca Patterson on 05 Jan 11 - No Cached

The failings of a rote-memorization system are well-known: lack of social and practical skills, absence of self-discipline and imagination, loss of curiosity and passion for learning.
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According to research on education, using tests to structure schooling is a mistake.
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Students lose their innate inquisitiveness and imagination, and become insecure and amoral in the pursuit of high scores.
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Tests are less relevant to concrete life and work skills than the ability to write a coherent essay, which requires being able to identify a problem, break it down to its constituent parts, analyze it from multiple angles and assemble a solution in a succinct manner to communicate across cultures and time.
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