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Merrow, John – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2005
Prompted by a student comment that college lacked intellectual challenge, the author and colleagues sat in on an English class described as "a brain dump." The teacher had assigned students to write parodies of "The Road Not Taken," knowing that to do the assignment well, they would have to read and understand Frost's poem. The instructor was…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Writing Assignments, College Role
Merrow, John – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2004
These days it seems as if nearly everyone in college is receiving A's, making the Dean's List, or graduating with honors. What is more interesting is that college students in general are spending fewer hours studying, while taking more remedial courses and fewer courses in mathematics, history, English, and foreign languages. Students everywhere…
Descriptors: College Students, Remedial Instruction, Grade Inflation, Educational Objectives