Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.lemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up1678arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1665arrow-down1imageTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.lemmy.imagisphe.reWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square197linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·14 hours agoThey’re not even taught how to use context or subtext to understand a word they don’t know. It would actually be more helpful if they did instead of just letting them go ahead and invent an entire new meaning for words they don’t know.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoThat is actually incorrect. You’re describing the entire point of Whole Language learning. They are to learn a number of words, and then use their collection of words to deduce other words. The problem is they don’t necessarily deduce correctly. Who is to say you deduced them correctly? Also people are lazy. They would rather just leave the blanks than fill it in.
minus-squarearchitect@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoCool that explains why I’m arguing over the literal definition of words and the context they are used in with 20 somethings constantly.
They’re not even taught how to use context or subtext to understand a word they don’t know. It would actually be more helpful if they did instead of just letting them go ahead and invent an entire new meaning for words they don’t know.
That is actually incorrect. You’re describing the entire point of Whole Language learning.
They are to learn a number of words, and then use their collection of words to deduce other words.
The problem is they don’t necessarily deduce correctly. Who is to say you deduced them correctly?
Also people are lazy. They would rather just leave the blanks than fill it in.
Cool that explains why I’m arguing over the literal definition of words and the context they are used in with 20 somethings constantly.