| Description |
xi, 141 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Our results driven testing culture -- Learning and experience -- Evaluations and disembodied learning -- Cognitive learning and student impressions -- Adult preconceptions and student needs -- Developmental concerns -- A just equilibrium -- The student's own experience -- Diagnosis and evaluation -- Continuums of learning |
| Summary |
"Lyn Lesch advocates that learning cannot be measured by such empirical results as testing and grading. As the founder of Chicago's The Children's School Lesch didn't assign grades or submit students to standardized testing - such conditions might seem blasphemous to most educators, but the results spoke for themselves. Without the high stakes pressure of results accountability, and testing, students were able to take a more active role in their education. With reduced stress on performance, students can develop an openness to the material and link learning to their own personal experience." "Lesch describes how education should revolve around each student's personal experience (i.e. linking school with what matters to individual students). Perhaps more than anything, this book is intended to be a discussion point for developing a healthy relationship between personal experience and academic learning."--BOOK JACKET |
| Subject |
Educational psychology.
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Educational tests and measurements -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
2007018147 |
| ISBN |
1578866618 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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1578866626 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781578866618 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781578866625 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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