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Enhancing Standardized Assessment Scores and Academic Performance through Learning-Styles
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Rochford, Regina A. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2006
Many educators contend that standardized assessments coerce instructors into teaching-to-the-test, a method which they claim promotes rote learning, limits academic growth and marginalizes at-risk learners. However, this researcher asserts that when underachieving developmental community college students are instructed with techniques congruent…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges