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1、四级六级阅读练习（57）：为什么要教孩子学习手写、数学和词根【今日阅读推荐】本篇阅读材料“为什么要教孩子学习手写、数学和词根”选自《时代》（原文标题：WhyKidsShouldLearnCursive(andMathFactsandWordRoots)2012.11.08）WhenSuzanneKail,anEnglishteacheratapublichighschoolinMagnolia,Ohio,wastoldthatshewouldberequiredtoteachherstudentsLatinandGr
2、eekwordroots,shegroanedandrolledhereyes.Kailbelievesinaprogressiveapproachtoeducation,inwhichactiveengagementinmeaningfullearningisparamount.InanaccountofherexperienceintheEnglishJournal,shewrote,“askingstudentstodorotememorizationwastheantithesisofwhatIbelieve
3、dinmost.”Still,herdepartmentheadinsistedonit,soKailwentforwardwiththeattitude,“I’lldoit,butIwon’tlikeit.”Shewassureherstudentswouldn’tlikeit,either.Kailwasinforasurprise—asisanyonewhotakesalookataraftofrecentstudiessupportingtheeffectivenessof“oldschool”methods
4、likememorizingmathfacts,readingaloud,practicinghandwritingandteachingargumentation(activitiesthatoncewentbythenamesdrill,recitation,penmanshipandrhetoric).Whiletheeducationworldisallabuzzaboutso-called21stcenturyskillslikecollaboration,problemsolvingandcritical
5、thinking,thisresearchsuggeststhatwemightdowelltoaddastrongdoseofthe19thcenturytoourchildren’sschooling.Kail’sexperienceisinstructive.AssoonasshebeganteachingherstudentstheGreekandLatinoriginsofmanyEnglishterms—thattherootstameans“putinplaceorstand,”forexample,a
6、ndthatcessmeans“tomoveorwithdraw”—theyeagerlybeganidentifyingfamiliarwordsthatincorporatedtheroots,likestatueandrecess.Herthreeclassescompetedagainstoneanothertocomeupwiththelongestlistofwordsderivedfromtherootstheywerelearning.Kail’sstudentsstartedusingthesete
7、rmsintheirwriting,andmanyofthemtoldherthattheirstudyofwordrootshelpedthemanswerquestionsontheSATandonOhio’sstategraduationexam.(Researchconfirmsthatinstructioninwordrootsallowsstudentstolearnnewvocabularyandfigureoutthemeaningofwordsincontextmoreeasily.)Forherp
8、art,Kailreportsthatshenolongerseesrotememorizationas“inherentlyevil.”Althoughcommittingthewordrootstomemorywasanecessaryfirststep,shenotes,“thekeywastakingthatold-schoolmeth
