http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/06/30/p21s-content-free-content/ Promoting a full core curriculum. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/06/30/p21s-content-free-content/#comment-47941 Teaching Knowledge; Fostering Critical Thinking « Common Core Wed, 11 May 2011 16:48:43 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=87#comment-47941 [...] highlight the importance of content knowledge at every possibility—and criticize those who would emphasis teaching  skills, like critical thinking, over knowledge.  But we’re all for thinking critically. Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham is perhaps the [...] [...] highlight the importance of content knowledge at every possibility—and criticize those who would emphasis teaching  skills, like critical thinking, over knowledge.  But we’re all for thinking critically. Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham is perhaps the [...]

]]> http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/06/30/p21s-content-free-content/#comment-18012 Common Core » Blog Archive » Where’s the Beef? Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:09:03 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=87#comment-18012 [...] Some teachers are pushing back, as well they should, since SpringBoard is totally unlike AP or college-level instruction. Unsurprisingly, SpringBoard advocates claim that critics are missing the point, as teacher Alice Wurkovich puts it: “It’s about being able to critically read. If you can read, you can read the classics on your own.” We’ve heard that one before. [...] [...] Some teachers are pushing back, as well they should, since SpringBoard is totally unlike AP or college-level instruction. Unsurprisingly, SpringBoard advocates claim that critics are missing the point, as teacher Alice Wurkovich puts it: “It’s about being able to critically read. If you can read, you can read the classics on your own.” We’ve heard that one before. [...]

]]> http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/06/30/p21s-content-free-content/#comment-7382 Common Core » Blog Archive » Game Over Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:38:15 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=87#comment-7382 [...] what is meant by real content. Just review their new skills maps in geography and science and you’ll see what we mean.James [...] [...] what is meant by real content. Just review their new skills maps in geography and science and you’ll see what we mean.James [...]

]]> http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/06/30/p21s-content-free-content/#comment-7381 Common Core » Blog Archive » Game Over Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:25:50 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=87#comment-7381 [...] what is meant by real content.  Just review their new skills maps in geography and science and you’ll see what we mean.James [...] [...] what is meant by real content.  Just review their new skills maps in geography and science and you’ll see what we mean.James [...]

]]> http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/06/30/p21s-content-free-content/#comment-5636 21st century science, geography at Joanne Jacobs Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:42:34 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=87#comment-5636 [...] There’s no content, complains Common Core. Instead, P21 explains that learning skills is more important than “acquiring information” and “assessing to learn what students do not know.”  So, under P21’s plan, students will learn less and their knowledge gaps will go undetected.  [...] [...] There’s no content, complains Common Core. Instead, P21 explains that learning skills is more important than “acquiring information” and “assessing to learn what students do not know.”  So, under P21’s plan, students will learn less and their knowledge gaps will go undetected.  [...]

]]> http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/06/30/p21s-content-free-content/#comment-5628 21st century science, geography - Online Education in America Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:32:49 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=87#comment-5628 [...] There’s no content, complains Common Core. Instead, P21 explains that learning skills is more important than “acquiring information” and “assessing to learn what students do not know.”  So, under P21’s plan, students will learn less and their knowledge gaps will go undetected.  [...] [...] There’s no content, complains Common Core. Instead, P21 explains that learning skills is more important than “acquiring information” and “assessing to learn what students do not know.”  So, under P21’s plan, students will learn less and their knowledge gaps will go undetected.  [...]

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