Behind her tough language, I knew, was a desire that I should cultivate more practical aptitudes than the ability to scan English verse or explain the Romantic Fallacy.
When our child exhibits skill at a physical activity, and and an initial lack of interest in mathematics, we might suppose that the child has aptitude for practical activities but not intellectual pursuits (and vice versa).
Questions for the students taking "scholastic aptitude tests" are more practical than academic.
The thought that aptitude at acquiring skills at practical activities is different from aptitude at acquiring knowledge of truths affects our most fundamental interactions with others.
It is only by knocking down gender stereotypes of all kinds that we can begin to focus on a society that encourages children towards the things they are good at and have an affinity for, and that begins to cast both women and men in roles based on aptitude that can address everyone's wider practical needs.
Based on these principles, the Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Rovira i Virgili University uses unique teaching methods that bolster the students' aptitudes and abilities, applying advanced experimental and practical teaching techniques.
Going for the practical when it does not suit your learning style or aptitude will only leave students frustrated and failing.
Starkey attended St Silas, a Church of England primary school near his house where his classmates nicknamed him "Lazarus", and later Dingle Vale Secondary modern school, where he showed an aptitude for art and drama, as well as practical subjects including mechanics.
The book says Mr. Chauncey sought to have E.T.S. start a television quiz program in which questions from ordinary people would be used to test a contestant's practical judgment, which he felt might be as important as scholastic aptitude.
What that means, in the practical terms outlined in the report, is not the introduction of an aptitude test to determine who is allowed to go to law school — an option which the LETR team rejected for "diversity" reasons.
