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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for sharing this, although the information in this article doesn't really reflect a new trend. Many countries send students to American universities because requirements for university admission are so stringent and even problematic, or else their universities don't provide the education that parents want for their children.

Many American students continue to be very bright; that hasn't changed. Many students from other countries are also very bright; again, no change.

As an educator, I agree with many other educators who think there are some problems  [b]with our current pre-university curricula[/b]. I'm optimistic that these problems can be fixed. That said, I'm very impressed with the many very bright students who sit in my university classrooms today. They're the reason why I feel so optimistic.[/quote]

for example?

There was a radio clip about college students spending way too much time in lecture classes - http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=americanradioworks/2011/lecturefull

While our high school curricula may not be perfect, we do focus on critical thinking, which is often overlooked in the freshmen and sophomore level classes at the university level.[/quote]

I apologize, there are certainly many K-12 schools that do a fantastic job teaching their students. There's absolutely no doubt about that! I'm sure your school is one of them. It's no secret that many don't, and teach to the test. Once they enter university, we scramble to teach critical thinking skills that many have not learned. At the university level, it's late to be introducing this type of thinking. Ideally, students should be learning critical thinking skills well before high school - really, they should be learning these skills in the first years of school. This opinion comes from years of experience on both sides of the university divide. I teach university students now, but started out with an elementary education degree and spent years in elementary and middle schools.[/quote]

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