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> A high school student today might be shocked to see the sort of complexity third- and fourth-graders in prior generations used to contend with for basic opera
by User23 4y ago
> A high school student today might be shocked to see the sort of complexity third- and fourth-graders in prior generations used to contend with for basic operations
Evidently a college graduate today would be shocked to see the sort of complexity a high school student was expected to master, if the paper of record is to be trusted[1].
[1] http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/education/harvardexam.pdf http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/education/harvarde...
- mistrial9 4y agohumorous, but notice how few subjects there are in that exam. Students in that era were not subjects of relentless streams of ad images, entertainment or other media. There is no conclusion to the experiment of media that has emerged in the last decades, with regard to the attention span, development years for education, or emotional coping.