RE: The Soapbox

[Larry.Smith@snow.edu (Larry Smith)]

> Could all of this discussion have something to do with the famous "five
> levels" of learning development that we have been bludgeoned with for the
> past 20 years?   As I recall (and I never paid too close attention, I must
> confess) students do not achieve the highest level of abstract thought until
> they have reached a certain physical and intellectual maturity==some of them
> never reach it at all.  A large proportion of  HS students are simply not
> ready for abstract ideas.

In fact, the research I saw in grad school showed that many many NEVER
reach that level of cognitive development.

> M.J. Clarke, OSB

Larry