Description
Directions: Complete the case study below. Your answers need to be in-depth, in complete
sentences and every answer needs to refer content from your reading.
1. A member of your school board gives an impassioned speech regarding the need for “a
dollar’s worth of learning for every dollar spent.” “The children of today are rarely
challenged,” he asserts, “We need to promote accelerated programs.” For the next hour,
he outlines a plan to introduce algebra in the sixth grade, physics in the seventh grade,
reading in the preschool, and skipping grades for any student who scores at the 60th
percentile on the State standardized achievement test. Some people in the audience look
skeptical, others show strong displeasure, but a surprising number appear to agree with
the sentiments expressed.
a. What is your general reaction to the speaker’s arguments? Why do you feel that
way?
b. Argue for or against the proposed program drawing from the ideas of (a) Piaget,
and (c) Kohlberg.
