Even students debate what kind of instruction works best and represents real learning.
— and what type of instruction will work best for you.
Re "In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores" ("Grading the Digital School" series, front page, Sept. 4): The best of technology is never a proxy for the best of instruction.
Many of the "best of the best" practitioners of instruction are there sharing with their colleagues, having serious conversations about issues in education.
Therefore, in terms of language instruction, the best initiatives are those that effectively integrate language and technology.
Even today, the quality of instruction at all but the best institutions is miserable.
"We talk about an achievement gap but we also have a teaching gap, in getting the best methods of instruction down to the hands of those who are teaching at the very earliest grades," Mr. Cross said.
"We've tried home tutoring," said his mother, Joy, "but the quality of instruction was not always the best, and because of Jonathan's condition he experiences long periods of unconsciousness, sometimes for two to three weeks at a time, so he was not always available for his tutors.
Noting the strong resistance of learners to adopting scientific modes of thought even with the best efforts of instruction, Posner et al. (1982) described the conditions necessary to effect change in science students' thinking.
As a consequence, it is vital for educators in these professions to consider how traditional forms of instruction could be complemented to best prepare students for the diverse range of clinical conditions they may encounter in their professional practice.
