The Aptitude Myth: How an Ancient Belief Came to Undermine Children's Learning Today

by Cornelius Grove and Cornelius N. Grove

Book Overview

The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children's mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans' ways of thinking about children's learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely by innate aptitude. The Aptitude Myth traces the deep historical origins, the spread and elaboration, and the eventual triumph of the belief in the determining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475804369
• ISBN13: 9781475804362
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: R & L Education
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"