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…Schools pay much lip service to student-centered education lately. However, actions taken by schools and school administrators frequently run contrary to actually supporting student-centered learning. So, to raise awareness of student-centered education, we provide the assessments of schools and classrooms below.
…Student-centered learning does have risks, but so do the alternatives. We do not have enough resources to be fully aware of each student’s individual optimums, or to teach each student according to his individual optimum. Demanding perfect student-centered approaches from teachers will overwhelm them with more work than they can possibly do.
…when schools demand curriculum-centered or test-centered learning, teaching tends to focus on the lowest cognitive levels. Students tend to get treated as tests-scores and academic rank, not as individuals. Students tend to gain knowledge without gaining understanding.
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http://conceptualmath.org/misc/st_center.html
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http://conceptualmath.org/misc/testshort.htm
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http://conceptualmath.org/misc/MAPtest.htm
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http://conceptualmath.org/misc/testsupport.htm
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http://conceptualmath.org/misc/testadmin.htm
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http://conceptualmath.org/philo/weak_acad.htm
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http://conceptualmath.org/misc/testchoice.htm
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http://conceptualmath.org/philo/cheating.htm
