Good article, and I think there are a number of people out there in the educational world who think the same thing - that we should be teaching students until they can demonstrate that they understand the topic, rather than teaching at a fixed pace and expecting them all to follow along. That there shouldn't be a pass/fail, but a keep-going-until-you've-gotten-it-or-given-up.
Bill Rankin covered this a bit in his lecture about digital books and how they're part of a fundamental change to teaching and learning - the first of these two lectures: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2010/bill_rankin.shtml
Good article, and I think there are a number of people out there in the educational world who think the same thing - that we should be teaching students until they can demonstrate that they understand the topic, rather than teaching at a fixed pace and expecting them all to follow along. That there shouldn't be a pass/fail, but a keep-going-until-you've-gotten-it-or-given-up.
ReplyDeleteBill Rankin covered this a bit in his lecture about digital books and how they're part of a fundamental change to teaching and learning - the first of these two lectures:
http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2010/bill_rankin.shtml