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Monday, October 8, 2012

Which Is More Important for Our Children, Reading Strategies or Vocabulary?

E.D. Hirsch, Jr. writes in his books about "Core Knowledge Sequence" that more time should be spent teaching children facts, data, trends, and core knowledge in Geography, Math, Science and other areas. Instead, the trend in American education is toward teaching metacognitive strategies. These are... Sign in to see full entry.

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