Has anybody yet in this conversation defined 1. critical reading and 2. 
creativity?

Howard Gardner is said to regret that he every wrote about multiple 
intelligences.  Anyone here want to try to define that?

Thanks.

Andrea

On Oct 27, 2007, at 11:46 AM, Tina_Luffman at yc.edu wrote:


> Hi everyone,

>  

> I really support Donna's ideas in this posting, and I will go so 

> far as to say that I believe teaching critical thinking skills 

> is vital to passing the Reading, Science, and Social Studies tests 

> anyway. And critical thinking skills are the foundation for writing 

> the GED Essay.  It seems to me that the reasoning behind the 

> teach-to-the-test pattern we fall into is that our primary outcomes 

> are educational gains and passing a GED exam.

>  

> Another challenge GED teachers must grapple with is that we still need 

> to measure learning, and the standardized tests are the most objective 

> form available. Once I test a student and let them know they have come 

> up in a particular subject, this feedback gives the student efficacy 

> and encouragement, and helps so much with retention. I have seen this 

> over and over again in the classroom. Students who feel they aren't 

> getting anywhere and are ready to quit sit up three inches taller 

> when they find out that they have come up three grade levels in the 

> past two months in Math, for example.

>  

> Concerning creativity, here is a great resource: Harry Noden's book 

> Image Grammar. This English book was written for ~ 6th grade classroom 

> and encompases things like metrics for parallelism, graphcal arts as 

> impetus for writing an essay, and so on. Please check out this link 

> for some pictures you can use to stimulate students writing an essay. 

> I found this book when writing my thesis for college where I looked 

> for ways to use Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory in the 

> Basic Writing classrom. 

> http://www3.uakron.edu/noden/web/students/index.html

>  

> If anyone is interested in reading other ideas I found, you can go to 

> this link and click on MIT Activities for the BW Classroom link on the 

> left panel: http://www.luffman.us/tina/eng621/

>  

> Thanks,

>  

> Tina

>

>  

> Tina Luffman

> Coordinator, Developmental Education

> Verde Valley Campus

> 928-634-6544

> tina_luffman at yc.edu

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