Re: "I think the community needs more explicit direction...."
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:07 AM Edwin Castro < egcastr@...> wrote:
Or perhaps we just don't do enough teaching design prior to the workforce. Should we solve problems in school? Yes, we learn from trying things out and failing and trying again. But should we have problems to solve or solutions to design to meet certain criteria? The difference might be subtle and students who have spent their entire K-12 learning career mostly memorizing facts and solving math problems with single answers will always find it easier to "solve a problem" rather than design a solution.
-- Edwin G. Castro
When I was a professor, all I taught was problem solving.? Students hated it because they could not just memorize terms for my tests, and the student evaluations reflected it.? Grading also took a lot of time away from research because unlike my fellow professor's multiple choice tests, I actually had to read my student's solutions.? It was a lose-lose for my academic career.??
The invention of the automatically graded, multiple-choice test is what lead to the slow erosion of American education.? Not everything should be automated.
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