by James W. Pellegrino
University of Illinois at Chicago
IMPLICATIONS FOR CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT
There are multiple benefits of focusing on issues of how people learn with regard to matters of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. At the level of curriculum, knowledge of how people learn will help teachers and the educational system move beyond either–or dichotomies regarding the curriculum that have plagued the field of education. One such issue is whether the curriculum should emphasize “the basics” or teach thinking and problem-solving skills. Both are necessary. Students’ abilities to acquire organized sets of facts and
University of Illinois at Chicago
IMPLICATIONS FOR CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT
There are multiple benefits of focusing on issues of how people learn with regard to matters of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. At the level of curriculum, knowledge of how people learn will help teachers and the educational system move beyond either–or dichotomies regarding the curriculum that have plagued the field of education. One such issue is whether the curriculum should emphasize “the basics” or teach thinking and problem-solving skills. Both are necessary. Students’ abilities to acquire organized sets of facts and