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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our experience was that there is a LOT of work and homework at the catholic school, but not a great DEPTH of study.  So, “rigor” in the sense of very busy and generating lots of papers, but not a rigorous depth of learning necessarily and not any probing studying or wonder.   [/quote]
Traditional schools like catholic schools follow the rote memorization learning style of the 20th century.  They don't ask   "explain your thinking", which I know many parents and students alike hate.  TBH, "explain your thinking" isn't applicable in all cases, but the reasoning behind the recent craze of "explain your thinking" is to spur critical thinking skills.

A lot of Asian countries still use the rote memorization teaching style but it's changing.  [America?

Rote memorization is appropriate for young kids. Their brains are wired to memorize. Think about the perfectly average kids who have memorized all 800 Pokemon...that brainpower can easily be harnessed for real world facts. Analysis and critical thinking come in in the preteen years and it's usually pointless to push it earlier.[/quote]
sure, but a lot of the traditional schools teach rote memorization all throughout the grades.[/quote]

Really? Name one.[/quote]

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