http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/31/cheating-of-course-it-is-but/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:47:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/31/cheating-of-course-it-is-but/#comment-43283 Change Agency - Advocating a better education system for the 21st Century. » Promoting the New Models Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:11:46 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/31/cheating-of-course-it-is-but/#comment-43283 [...] Steve at teach42.com posted one example that speaks of the irrelevancy of traditional instruction and assessment methods. Memorization of facts should not be the goal of instruction in the 21st Century — our goal should be helping students to understand how to acquire, understand, and use information (sounds a bit like higher level Bloom’s doesn’t it?). [...] […] Steve at teach42.com posted one example that speaks of the irrelevancy of traditional instruction and assessment methods. Memorization of facts should not be the goal of instruction in the 21st Century — our goal should be helping students to understand how to acquire, understand, and use information (sounds a bit like higher level Bloom’s doesn’t it?). […]

]]> http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/31/cheating-of-course-it-is-but/#comment-43019 Ben Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:19:18 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/05/31/cheating-of-course-it-is-but/#comment-43019 Oooooo, open book tests are the worst Steve. But your point is well received; students, and teachers for that matter, should be taught to think critically and practice those skills on a weekly basis if not daily. Too often I'll see my kids trying to "slide" through an assignment or project and I'll have to get out one of my many graphic organizers to force them to write out their thoughts, support arguments, and/or slow down their work in order for reflection to occur. Oooooo, open book tests are the worst Steve. But your point is well received; students, and teachers for that matter, should be taught to think critically and practice those skills on a weekly basis if not daily. Too often I’ll see my kids trying to “slide” through an assignment or project and I’ll have to get out one of my many graphic organizers to force them to write out their thoughts, support arguments, and/or slow down their work in order for reflection to occur.

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