Segal attributes this difference in their findings to the fact that her subjects, unlike Perky's, were drawn from among "the suspicious, pragmatic students who populated our campuses in the late 1950s and early 1960s" (Segal, 1971b).
With respect to the first issue, suggested by the pragmatic view students' reconstruction of scientific ideas should be evolving during K-12 study.
But there are many other reasons, including less pragmatic ones, that students opt for Latin classes.
But there are pragmatic reasons, too: students should also understand evolution in order to be informed consumers, workers, and citizens in a world in which the biological sciences are increasingly important for example, in agriculture, biotechnology, climate change, genomics, and medicine.1.1
I mention this because I want to make clear that these are pragmatic, no-nonsense students: conscientious, focused and very bright.
The goal, both reflexive and pragmatic, is for students to become independent thinkers and autonomous subjects whose independence and autonomy are not compromised by interaction with others.
Resolving some of this ambiguity may in turn support the production of more consistent and pragmatic education for students.
The study uses a pragmatic approach to investigate student perspective about learning in a flipped classroom.
Where Aggies are on the reverent side, G.W. students are pragmatic.
Students need pragmatic war stories, pungent examples of what turning a blind eye to unethical behavior wreaks.
