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To: Neocon who wrote (248815)	4/17/2002 4:35:53 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Hard to do an open-book test if one never drilled on the words of the English language, and thus cannot read...

To: Neocon who wrote (248815)	4/17/2002 4:50:15 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

I would like to see more education involve thinking on the part of kids. For example, one of my kids was learning about the branches of government. It seems that such a topic would be perfect for a role-playing lesson. Divide the class into a Supreme Court and a Legislature. The teacher could be the executive. Draft a simiple constitution and some laws. Let the kids see where the powers and limits of each branch are. It would take more time, but the kids would have a deeper understanding that would stick with them for life. With the current approach, kids just have to "re-memorize" the same facts every couple of years, since memorization seems to be a very unreliable means of retaining information.