http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/a-really-hard-test-really-helps-learning-6964/ Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/a-really-hard-test-really-helps-learning-6964/#comment-1857 Anonymous Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:25:32 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=6964#comment-1857 So how about teachers who don't give students the corrected answers after the test is taken and instead only give a number grade? So how about teachers who don’t give students the corrected answers after the test is taken and instead only give a number grade?

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/a-really-hard-test-really-helps-learning-6964/#comment-1784 okie hrycak Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:50:16 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=6964#comment-1784 Great article. As a learning disabilities coordinator at Barnard, I wish I could impact faculty on giving students a chance to relearn material they have not mastered on an assignment. OH Great article. As a learning disabilities coordinator at Barnard, I wish I could impact faculty on giving students a chance to relearn material they have not mastered on an assignment. OH

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/a-really-hard-test-really-helps-learning-6964/#comment-1585 Richard Schutz Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:46:59 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=6964#comment-1585 "Create challenging learning environments, make mistakes and then learn from them."Congratulations! You've just rediscovered what E. L. Thorndike discovered 100 years ago. Tell us something about how to "create challenging learning environments." Test results, per se, tell us nothing about that. So instruction remains a black box and we keep doing the same thing instructionally without learning anything. “Create challenging learning environments, make mistakes and then learn from them.”Congratulations! You’ve just rediscovered what E. L. Thorndike discovered 100 years ago. Tell us something about how to “create challenging learning environments.” Test results, per se, tell us nothing about that. So instruction remains a black box and we keep doing the same thing instructionally without learning anything.

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