End the Biggest Educational and Intellectual Blunder in History: A $100,000 Challenge to Our Top Educational LeadersThis book discusses misunderstandings related to the scientific method of creative problem solving and decision-making. The author has conducted extensive research in this field for more than 15 years and shows that the misunderstandings have created great harms in the educational field and in most other fields. This book will be important reading for all those interested in better education, better thinking, and a better society. |
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... activities are involved , the science of science falls in the inex- act sciences and not in the exact or natural sciences . In the social or inexact sciences , problems can sometimes be harder to define proper- ly or accurately and it ...
... activities are involved , the science of science falls in the inex- act sciences and not in the exact or natural sciences . In the social or inexact sciences , problems can sometimes be harder to define proper- ly or accurately and it ...
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... activities that help prepare us for a life of solving problems and making decisions . In both school and daily life , we learn to some extent how to think , to reason , and to imagine , which also helps our problem - solving and ...
... activities that help prepare us for a life of solving problems and making decisions . In both school and daily life , we learn to some extent how to think , to reason , and to imagine , which also helps our problem - solving and ...
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... activities of the stages of problem solving and decision making : ◇ Choosing issues that require attention ◇ Setting goals ◇ Finding or designating suitable courses of action ◇ Evaluating The recognition that these are stages ...
... activities of the stages of problem solving and decision making : ◇ Choosing issues that require attention ◇ Setting goals ◇ Finding or designating suitable courses of action ◇ Evaluating The recognition that these are stages ...
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... activities , especially if group estimating is employed . There are objections to the theory of pupil - led discovery , or constructivism . The claim that under the NCTM standards , students grasp THE ABSURD DISASTER IN THE TEACHING OF ...
... activities , especially if group estimating is employed . There are objections to the theory of pupil - led discovery , or constructivism . The claim that under the NCTM standards , students grasp THE ABSURD DISASTER IN THE TEACHING OF ...
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... activities completely negate the validity of any score - based inference about what a student knows ? The student's score on the high - stakes test sample might soar because of the student's total familiarity with those particular items ...
... activities completely negate the validity of any score - based inference about what a student knows ? The student's score on the high - stakes test sample might soar because of the student's total familiarity with those particular items ...
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