From the WashPost: “For math students, self-esteem might not equal high scores”
According to the Washington think tank's annual Brown Center report on education, 6 percent of Korean eighth-graders surveyed expressed confidence in their math skills, compared with 39 percent of U.S. eighth-graders. But a respected international math assessment showed Koreans scoring far ahead of their peers in the United States, raising questions about the importance of self-esteem.In response there's this: “5 out of 4 U.S. teachers reject math-esteem study” (HT: Joanne J.)
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Hey, as long as we feel good about ourselves falling behind with our command-based state education system. The idea of being able to choose your own school shouldn't even be controversial. Then again, choosing how to live your own life would be a disaster as far as the nanny-state is concerned.
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Very funny. The problem is, of course, that many in the ed system actually think and write that way.
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