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A seminar at American University in February will instruct faculty members to disregard a student’s “quality” of writing when grading their papers.
A seminar at American University in February will instruct faculty members to disregard a student’s “quality” of writing when grading their papers.
Why grade your English when you are in a Science class?
Strategist saysWhy grade your English when you are in a Science class?
Because proper communication with the written and spoken word so that others can understand your IDEAS is the most important skill you should get from your education.
Math skills are also important. They don't grade your math skills in an English class, why grade your English skills in a Math class?
Math skills are also important. They don't grade your math skills in an English class, why grade your English skills in a Math class?
Strategist saysMath skills are also important. They don't grade your math skills in an English class, why grade your English skills in a Math class?
Math (problem solving) is the second most inportant thing you SHOULD learn from your education. It has been my experience that students weak in one skill are often weak in the other. Teachers should teach and reinforce all four skills students should get from an education.
Rin saysI don't see a whole lot of English in the above.
What language do you see?
Onvacation saysRin saysI don't see a whole lot of English in the above.
What language do you see?
No complete sentences, only fragments
Students need to be able to share their conclusions. Proper communication should be part of all classes.
Rin saysOnvacation saysRin saysI don't see a whole lot of English in the above.
What language do you see?
No complete sentences, only fragments
But it is still English . Are you trying to say people don't have to read and write well to do math? Your terse, readable example of a simple algebra problem proves my point.
Students need to be able to share their conclusions. Proper communication should be part of all classes. Teachers that don't reinforce the four skills are doing their students a disfavor.
The ability to properly verbally communicate a solution or construct a verbal argument to a math or physics problem is a skill that is not typically developed by age 16/17, no matter how smart the student is.theoakman says
I show them the process of making your argument using algebra with the variables and then, they look at their steps they ran through with the math to write down their verbal argument.
It is worth noting that some students who were ESL for me who were brilliant Physics students couldn't score more than a 2/5 on the AP Physics exam because of language barrier issues.
theoakman saysIt is worth noting that some students who were ESL for me who were brilliant Physics students couldn't score more than a 2/5 on the AP Physics exam because of language barrier issues.
AP is supposed to be college level. Granted that many college level students lack English skills but ESL students MUST learn English to be successful in the English speaking American society.
theoakman saysThe ability to properly verbally communicate a solution or construct a verbal argument to a math or physics problem is a skill that is not typically developed by age 16/17, no matter how smart the student is.theoakman saysI show them the process of making your argument using algebra with the variables and then, they look at their steps they ran through with the math to write down their verbal argument.
And that is how you combine English into a physics class. The physics student MUST understand English in order to even distill the problem down to math.
Thanks for proving my point.
Most of my ESL students
theoakman saysMost of my ESL students
If they can't communicate they should not be in AP. There are way too many IEP's, 504B's, special ed, and social promotions in school. It may just be my white privileged male opinion but if you can't make the grade you should not be in the class. I've seen how public school works and children are rewarded for being disabled.
According to a report from The College Fix, an upcoming seminar at American University will ask professors to disregard a student’s “quality” of writing when grading their assignments. The seminar, which will be conducted by University of Washington-Tacoma Professor Asao Inoue, will include a variety of lectures that will encourage professors to disregard the quality of writing from students.
One event will encourage professors to recognize “white language supremacy” is perpetuated by standard grading practices.
SOURCE: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/11/american-university-tells-faculty-to-disregard-quality-of-writing-when-grading/
Now they are making speaking correct English a racist issue. This how they dumb down the American people. A higher education? What a joke. More like: learn to be a mind controlled robot and think what they tell you to think and if you don't, then you're out. That's teaching them. Only it's not teaching them to be free thinkers.
Will Powers