The Lost Tools of Learning: How to Improve Your Child's SAT Scores

Smith, Jeffry L.

ISBN 10: 1936912244 / ISBN 13: 9781936912247

Published by Parson's Porch Books, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lost Tools of Learning: How to Improve Your Child's SAT Scores
• Publisher: Parson's Porch Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936912244
• ISBN 13: 9781936912247
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

With American education facing an ever-widening gap between academic research and entrepreneurial self-help-let alone indifference-Jeffry Smith provides a practical way to bridge the gap in The Lost Tools of Learning. Coaching for standardized testing, especially the SAT, has given rise to a new "industry" in American education for entrance into college. The Lost Tools of Learning describes an "old-new" alternative that can provide a better way. Dr. Smith demonstrates that the learning of so-called "dead" languages, especially Latin, teaches kids a disciplined way to learn which carries over into other subjects, as well as improves test performance. This well-documented book reminds both parents and educators that the retrieval of wisdom from past educational practices offers one way to negotiate the challenges of the wisdom of future.