As a new feature of this Blog, we will from time to time be posting questions for discussion, related to cognitive education within the general American educational context. We invite you to ponder these questions and to post a Comment on them; in this way, we can have an exchanges of ideas in a Forum context. Everyone will be able to see all comments and respond. Let’s think together!
QUESTION —We now seem to see a growing movement to change the atmosphere in American education of test-test-test, through possible revision of the No Child Left Behind law. However, until some change happens, we are still bound by numerous mandated tests throughout the public school years. Teachers who are interested in teaching higher-order thinking strategies through such programs as Instrumental Enrichment are faced with a dilemma—how to incorporate thinking strategies when the pressure of preparing for mandated tests is so severe? How should teachers cope with this situation, or how can they integrate thinking strategies in this atmosphere? How have you managed to do it?
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