The Aptitude Myth

How an Ancient Belief Came to Undermine Children’s Learning Today

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, History, Educational Theory, Aims & Objectives, Educational Reform
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Author: Cornelius N. Grove, Ed.D., independent scholar, author of "The Aptitude Myth" (2013) ISBN: 9781475804379
Publisher: R&L Education Publication: June 19, 2013
Imprint: R&L Education Language: English
Author: Cornelius N. Grove, Ed.D., independent scholar, author of "The Aptitude Myth" (2013)
ISBN: 9781475804379
Publisher: R&L Education
Publication: June 19, 2013
Imprint: R&L Education
Language: English

The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children’s mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans’ ways of thinking about children’s learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely by innate aptitude. The Aptitude Myth traces the deep historical origins, the spread and elaboration, and the eventual triumph of the belief in the determining power of mental abilities “given” at birth and therefore fixed. Covered is 600 B.C.E. until 1926 (when the S.A.T. was first administered).
an archaic way of thinking that originated in the imaginations of our ancient forebears and gradually gained credibility over 2,500 years. In recent times, the belief became elaborated to include the fanciful notion that more-than-modest academic study injures a child’s health. Having inherited this mindset, Americans don’t know how to insure that children gain mastery. A new mindset is needed. The final chapter offers a transformative mindset.

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The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children’s mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans’ ways of thinking about children’s learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely by innate aptitude. The Aptitude Myth traces the deep historical origins, the spread and elaboration, and the eventual triumph of the belief in the determining power of mental abilities “given” at birth and therefore fixed. Covered is 600 B.C.E. until 1926 (when the S.A.T. was first administered).
an archaic way of thinking that originated in the imaginations of our ancient forebears and gradually gained credibility over 2,500 years. In recent times, the belief became elaborated to include the fanciful notion that more-than-modest academic study injures a child’s health. Having inherited this mindset, Americans don’t know how to insure that children gain mastery. A new mindset is needed. The final chapter offers a transformative mindset.

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