The first is, what our studies show is that if kids learn creatively and practically, they learn better, even if the tests are for memory.
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In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.Robert Sternberg
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.
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Leadership and civic engagement are an important part of the Tufts education, ... People often get themselves into power who are very bright, but not necessarily wise, and maybe even foolish.
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develop leaders of the next generation, and not necessarily CEOs and presidents.
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Well, I don't think that the SAT is a scam.
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