10-minute review: Ernest J. Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: “Around the fourth grade students stop asking ‘Why?’ and start asking ‘Is this on the test?’ We need to keep ‘Why?’ alive for our students. ”
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer (November 2, 1995) W3.
Comment: Someone once said that students are required to answer questions they haven’t asked and couldn’t care less about. Try beginning every unit with the students’ questions about the topic. You might find that they will care about finding the answers. RayS.
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