Whether you think you can or think you can’t— you are right. (Henry Ford) I think I can, I think I can… (The Little Engine that Could) Last week I summarized some of Arum & Roksa’s findings about learning on college campuses from their book Academically Adrift. In addition to the importance of significant reading [...]
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In their new book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa report their findings on learning in college classrooms. Using the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), an essay-format critical thinking measure, Arum & Roksa assessed the writing, critical thinking and problem solving skills of over 2,000 students from 24 institutions of [...]
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