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Washor, Elliot; Mojkowski, Charles – Educational Leadership, 2007
Noting the current push for rigor in secondary school curriculums (the lead member of the "new three Rs" of rigor, relevance, and relationships), Washor and Mojkowksi take a closer look at the prevailing conception of rigor. They argue that a narrowly defining a rigorous curriculum as one with more advanced courses and more factual content…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Advanced Courses, Secondary School Curriculum, Shift Studies
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Perkins, D. N.; Salomon, Gavriel – Educational Leadership, 1988
Students often fail to apply knowledge and skills learned in one context to other situations. Although the implicit assumption in educational practice has been that transfer takes care of itself, a knowledge of the mechanisms of transfer can enable educators to help their students integrate general and local knowledge. (TE)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization