tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25541994.post6077828635218726286..comments2024-03-02T15:23:18.091-05:00Comments on D-Ed Reckoning: The payoffKDeRosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853211164976890091noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25541994.post-40062532328530159512007-03-04T22:11:00.000-05:002007-03-04T22:11:00.000-05:00Actually I wouldn't call it critical thinking skil...Actually I wouldn't call it critical thinking skills. I'd call it vocabulary and underlying concept knowledge. The lack of this precludes comprehension. Students' thinking skills work just fine when they have the underlying vocabulary and domain knowledge.KDeRosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853211164976890091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25541994.post-11696092491310536592007-03-04T18:42:00.000-05:002007-03-04T18:42:00.000-05:00As a fourth grade teacher for several years, I lea...As a fourth grade teacher for several years, I learned this thorough experience. Reading "comprehension" is not the problem-- it's critical thinking skills. <BR/><BR/>The students MAY or MAY NOT be able to decode the words. But once the words are decoded, their minds cannot understand the meaning of what the author is trying to convey. <BR/><BR/>It's a very long story, but to keep it short-- this whole business is a very sad affair. We owe our children more than this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25541994.post-77829557141467597022007-02-21T18:06:00.000-05:002007-02-21T18:06:00.000-05:00And chapter 5 delivers. Zig's included scanned cor...And chapter 5 delivers. Zig's included scanned correspondence showing the disingenuous rationale for not publicizing the results of the FT evaluation and, in typical Engelmann-the-logician fashion, recounted the contridictions in the reasoning behind the rationale.JohnLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180934387309782275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25541994.post-56069343016007907862007-02-19T14:39:00.000-05:002007-02-19T14:39:00.000-05:00“What does fundamental mean?”“Dumb, stupid.”“Like ...“What does fundamental mean?”<BR/>“Dumb, stupid.”<BR/>“Like what?”<BR/>“You know. Learning fundamental skills.”<BR/><BR/>I'm not surprised to see this. I saw the same thing with "basic" when coordinating that writing program in grad school. I would say, "whenever possible, stick to basic English vocabulary," and I always ran into this idea that basic vocabulary was uneducated and simple, or dumb.<BR/><BR/>Basic vocabulary are the words we use most often. They are the words we use most often because they are most frequently the best tools for the job.rightwingprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419372059353408855noreply@blogger.com