In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Richard A. Beldin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In one way or another, we have to give the slower students more time. We
>can do it by making courses which allow students to progress (or not) at
>their own pace or by flunking them so they can do it all over. The
>former is more efficient, but the latter works too. What doesn't work is
>pretending that slower learners completed their course in the same time
>as the quicker ones.
The latter does not work well, and the idea that it is
reasonable slows down what the bright can learn.
One of the current goals is to get all reading by third
grade. Before socialization ahead of education, all were
reading by second grade; if they were not, they did not
get to second grade.
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