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Description of  Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Outcomes (A Research-Based Look at the Traits and Skills that Contribute to School and Life Successes)

1936763583 epub 1936763583 epub Overemphasizing test scores as measures of achievement is potentially harmful to education. The contributors identify key traits such as mindset, motivation, social skills, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit that students, teachers, and schools need to acknowledge and cultivate. Educators are asked to shift the evaluation paradigm to focus on a multiplicity of skills necessary for success in the 21st century. Benefits: Examine the problems with current measures of students' skills, including why tests have great limitations as a means of measuring human qualities. Review the crucial role of personality traits in academic and lifelong achievement. Read more