Puerto Rico NAEP SCORES - Who is to blame?
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Education
Cognition, Logic, and Instruction
Martin Kozloff October, 2003 This little paper is an example of epistemology (theory of knowledge). It will make you real smart. Your roommates, family, friends, and even passersby who hear you yacking to yourself will think you’re a genius, –definitely not worthless, sorry, unskilled. Hang on! Here we go. We …
Read More »Puerto Rico NAEP Results -Why the wheels of education don’t turn
El currículo actual le da mucho énfasis a los cálculos aritméticos (sumar, restar, multiplicar y dividir). Con lo accesible de las calculadoras es necesario que repensemos si se justifica tanto tiempo en la enseñanza de esos algoritmos. —Ana Helvia Quintero (Subsecretary of Education) “We are on the road to producing …
Read More »Virus of Constructivism Threatens Puerto Rican Catholic Education
In the February 20, 2005 issue of the Puerto Rican Catholic Weekly El Visitante it was announced that Catholic schools run by the Dominican Order will henceforth adopt a constructivist philosophy of education. It is stated that the goal of this project is to “develop in the student a healthy …
Read More »La Utopía Defectuosa
Por: Dr. Dennis Alicea
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Por: José Arsenio Torres 3 de mayo de 2003 Cada vez que una civilización ha madurado una interpretación intelectual del mundo, ha organizado su educación para habilitar a sus jóvenes para ejercer con proficiencia las destrezas y las artes relevantes a la concepción del mundo, en términos de sus visiones …
Read More »The Story Behind Project Follow Through
OVERVIEW:The Story Behind Project Follow Through Bonnie Grossen, Editor Project Follow Through (FT) remains today the world’s largest educational experiment. It began in 1967 as part of President Johnson’s ambitious War on Poverty and continued until the summer of 1995, having cost about a billion dollars. Over the first 10 …
Read More »Unidad 1: Fundamentos de Geometría
Concerning the Lesson Plan for Week 1 of 10th Grade Geometry (Unidad 1: Fundamentos de Geometría) in Puerto Rico This 10th Grade Geometry Lesson Plan Is a Masterclass in Educational Malpractice This weekly lesson plan for a 10th-grade Geometry class in Puerto Rico is a glorious monument to educational malpractice. …
Read More »ON THE INSTRUCTION OF CALCULUS
By Silviu Teleman One of the most important problems facing the American School today is the Instruction of Calculus. We deliberately use the word “instruction” and not “teaching” because teachers are now disappearing, being replaced by “instructors”. The main problem with Calculus originates, in its difficulty; one has to find …
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