tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25541994.post1216802174091161528..comments2024-03-26T14:44:37.985-04:00Comments on D-Ed Reckoning: A defense of SLA?KDeRosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853211164976890091noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25541994.post-33615533343938157342009-11-05T14:02:13.250-05:002009-11-05T14:02:13.250-05:00I agree with you: If this is what Pennsylvania con...I agree with you: If this is what Pennsylvania considers proficient writing, the bar is way too low. These students are not prepared to write college papers. <br /><br />Marcie Hall's defense of her school is undercut by numerous punctuation errors. I hope this is just sloppiness.Joanne Jacobshttp://www.joannejacobs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25541994.post-17756790287974124192009-11-04T09:32:38.576-05:002009-11-04T09:32:38.576-05:00This raises a question for people calling for crit...This raises a question for people calling for critical thinking - if schools haven't been teaching critical thinking in the past, and schools should be teaching critical thinking, how can schools find sufficient critical thinkers necessary to teach it? (Many teachers are already good at teaching critical thinking, I can think of several examples from my own schooling, the problem is populating every school in the country). <br /><br />Scripting lessons seems more and more attractive.Tracy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999246551652981965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25541994.post-8445885678469528472009-11-03T18:51:53.345-05:002009-11-03T18:51:53.345-05:00A comment for Marcie: the SLA students do seem to ...A comment for Marcie: the SLA students do seem to be fluent writers (i.e. they can come up with extended comments that convey their opinions as to what type of educational practices they favor). But, they don't support their opinions with any sort of evidence. Given that they're at least somewhat fluent, why are they not being taught to support their arguments with evidence? why don't they understand that asserting that something is valuable is not the same thing as demonstrating that it's valuable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com