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Download full textWraga, William G. – Online Submission, 2010
This analysis identifies six problems with the the popular terms "rigorous academic curriculum" and "academic rigor": they bear multiple meanings, they contain negative connotations, they are survivals from the discredited learning theory called mental discipline, they have more to do with status than substance, they refer to an over-narrow…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Difficulty Level, Educational Change, Problems
