Education. I remain convinced that we need to focus less on rote memorization and more on critical thinking. Lip service is paid, but the legislators and administrators cant figure out how to measure this. What can we do? Heres one more article convincing me that our political system is in a bad fix because Americans arent learning to THINK anymore. Whats your take on this? Salient quote: Practicing complex skills without reflection does not make perfection; it makes for rote exercises that can create bad habits and prevent learners from seeing how to apply their skills in multiple contexts. True learning, she argues, recognizes the importance of context and the value of uncertainty. Students who have frequent opportunities to pause and reflect on what they’re practicing will develop deeper understanding and more transferable skills. To that end, her book outlines a strategy she calls mindful learning. It has three characteristics: the continuous creation of new categories; an openness to new information; and an implicit awareness of more than one perspective chronicle/article/Is-Practice-Overrated-/149831/
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