Is home school an effective way to teach kids? In my own experience in teaching intro psych in SW Virginia, I've found that home schooled students tend to be dogmatic and mainly learn by rote. They had significant deficits in critical thinking abilities for instance.
Is it any good compared to regular schools: http://www.nasponline.org/publications/spr331duvall.pdf compared adhd kids in home and public schooling situations. while they found that the home school appeared to do better, "The key variable appeared to involve student to teacher ratios that existed between the two settings." However the point I was making was that home schooled children are exposed to far less diversity and different people, to such an extent that the situation simply serves to reinforce the parental prejudices and helps the parent essentially colonize the future. Generally the people doing the home schooling are usually better off than - they can afford the option of one parent staying home and playing teacher. Most people cannot. On 10/22/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You've more than amply demonstrated my point about your prejudices and > biases, so why should I bother. The research is available, but when > someone refuses to set aside their biases, then I'd rather not make > the effort. > > On 10/22/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > in other words, you can't find one ;) > > > > On 10/22/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I wouldn't even bother, her opinion of the available data is that its > > > worthless if it contradicts her prejudices and biases. > > > > > > On 10/22/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Now that response, is priceless ^_^ > > > > :-D > > > > Beer is all on the keyboard now...must clean the monitor with a soft > > > > lint free cloth and stuff > > > > eee hee hee hee ^_^ > > > > > > > > On 10/22/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't know why I am even bothering to refute Larry's prejudices. I > > > should > > > > > just ask him to produce a peer-reviewed study that supports his > > > contention > > > > > that this fmily is in any way representative. > > > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177781 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
