Academic Decline in America: College and Consumer Culture
Factors that undermine learning-Includes usability analysis of the online grammar resources MyCompLab and Purdue's OWL
America's standing in international ratings for academic performance has plummeted. In 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated: We have to see this as a wake-up call....The United States came in 23rd or 24th in most subjects. We can quibble, or we can face the brutal truth that we're being out-educated. This sad situation puts teachers in the crosshairs, yet surveys reveal students hate to read and devote very little time to homework or study. Extrapolating from their high school experience, many undergraduates expect that they should not have to work very hard or very long on college assignments, and actively resist when aske…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-659-23364-7
- EAN: 9783659233647
- Produktnummer: 37744936
- Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 112 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D0.7 cm 185 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 185
Über den Autor
Professor Zephyrhawke received her bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a master's degree in Psychology and a master's in Rhetoric and Composition. Her interests include Human-Computer Interaction and finding effective ways to teach critical thinking skills to underprepared students.
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