I think a qualitative study would show that it’s a difference of kind, not degree. My 11-13yo could hold a conversation about a text or media item perfectly well but they don’t express it well in the ways that are being asked.
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Yeah. I was a voracious reader as a child and I've maintained that as an adult, but I did not enjoy the study of English in school because I couldn't see how you were meant to know which interpretation was the 'objectively' correct one when there were always so many possibilities.
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I mean that’s a huge problem with curriculum design — because it needs to be universal they preset correct answers and even program in AI grading. But real literacy is not about correct answers it’s about recognizing patterns and themes
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We have to teach very rigid curriculums that — to my knowledge — didn’t factor in student agency at any stage of the process really. In a media landscape where everything is hyper-stimulating and hyper-curated, demanding these kids to focus on the random and often boring texts selected by …
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(From their pov) random adults results in a task that’s much more complicated than just simple reading comp. It’s also asking for a huge amount of executive function that they haven’t really developed. Plus the unwillingness to hold kids back makes the gpa based feedback meaningless.
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It also stops them from practicing in an environment where the challenge level stays consistent, instead of taking someone without the resources they need and then pushing them forward into an even more challenging set of obstacles. It’s so so so broken. I could say 100 more things about it tbh.
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