The knowledge deficit closing the shocking education gap for American children
Hirsch shows why American students perform less well than students in other industrialized countries. Drawing on classroom observation, the history of ideas, and current scientific understanding of the patterns of intellectual growth, he builds the case that our schools have indeed made progress in...
| Main Author: | Hirsch, E. D. 1928- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- The origins of the knowledge deficit
- Sounding out : just the beginning of reading
- Knowledge of language
- Knowledge of things
- Using school time productively
- Using tests productively
- Achieving commonality and fairness.