Stress Skills Instead of Content Learning, Report Urges
A new report recommends that student assessments be based on skills, such as reading for information, locating information, and applied mathematics, instead of content.
In STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects, students’ desired outcome should be improved skills in inquiry, design, and the understanding and use of symbolic language in math.
This was among a lengthy list of recommendations in Refueling the U.S. Innovation Economy: Fresh Approaches to STEM Education, released by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. According to a newsletter published by the Triangle Coalition, a STEM education advocacy group, the report also urges that the U.S. Department of Education fund the creation of 400 new specialty STEM high schools. It further recommends that federal high school outreach programs actively work to recruit students with an interest in STEM.
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Tags: Education Policy, Math, Mathematics, Public Policy, Research, Research on Learning, STEM education
