Advice Goddess Radio: Tonight, 7-8pm PT -- Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman: Your Child Can Be More Than His Test Scores
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On tonight's show, cognitive psychologist Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman lays out why intelligence tests currently used are far too limiting in determining a student's true potential.
Kaufman is a rigorous researcher whose work I know and respect, but his new book, UNGIFTED: Intelligence Redefined, offers much more than science. It offers inspiration in Kaufman's own story as a "late listener" (due to a spate of ear infections) who was put into learning disabled classes. And then, in 9th grade, through sheer determination, pushed his way into a gifted kids' class -- ultimately going on to Yale, getting a Ph.D., then going on to become a young professor at NYU.
On this show, we'll discuss the limitations of current testing and a host of other things that matter in whether a child succeeds and how Kaufman thinks we would better assess talent, creativity, and "the many paths to greatness."
Listen live at this link at 7pm Pacific, 10pm Eastern, or download the podcast afterward:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/06/10/dr-sb-kaufman-your-child-can-be-more-than-his-test-scores-1
And don't miss last week's show with psychologist and blogger Dr. Helen Smith talking about how, in America, it's become permissible -- and even fashionable -- to be anti-male and what men can (and must) do to start changing this.
What men have been doing is going on strike -- dropping out of college, leaving the workforce, and avoiding marriage and fatherhood in droves.
There are countless articles sneering at the man who is more man-child than grownup, but Smith, in her book, Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters
On this show, Smith lays out the problems -- including shocking discrimination against men such as rampant paternity fraud, condoned and even encouraged by the government -- and what she sees as steps toward solutions, for men in general and for the individual man.
This is not just a show for and about men but a show for anyone who cares about equal rights and fairness for all.
Listen or download the podcast at this link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/06/03/dr-helen-smith-on-how-american-society-has-become-anti-male-1
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I've always tested really, really well. But I am-for lack of any other term-lazy. If I can get a B without doing some assignment I don't want to do, I don't do the assignment and take the B. I simply refused to learn the preterite in Spanish, so there went my A. I'd be perfectly content never having a career. My house is well cared for and my kids are doing well, but I don't have any desire to run the PTA either. I think drive counts for a whole lot more than any test score.
On the bright side, I am doing well in all my nursing coursework with very little effort. Good thing, because if true effort was required, I'd be lost.
But, when I decide I'm going to do something that grabs my interest, so help me god it gets done. Including deciding to add on to my patio. I got a whim one day, grabbed a shovel, and started digging. I got the area all dug out in 2 days, leveled it, framed it out and reinforced it, and had the concrete poured. So, maybe I'm less lazy than....I don't know. Interest-challenged?
A side note-1 have 4 young kids, am in school, care for a house, and work 2 (part time) jobs (as of last week.). No one else in my life has ever called me lazy. But I know my heart...and I am. I think maybe I take on so much as a way to repudiate my inherent laziness, without having to accomplish anything truly noteworthy?
momof4 at June 9, 2013 7:00 PM
Most people, especially men, tend to be lazy, until something' sparks their interest.
A little laziness is a good thing. It motivates you to find the easiest way of doing something unpleasant.
The truly dangerous people are the ambitious, but stupid. They run around dong make work, and causing problems for everyone. In the military their primary function is getting themselves, and others killed.
Isab at June 9, 2013 7:29 PM
Another good show.
The best database administrators (DBA's) I know are lazy too. The idea is to get the computers to report in and do your work for you.
This would be a good show for parents to listen to. Especially when their child gets picked.
Jim P. at June 9, 2013 8:07 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/06/09/advice_goddess_119.html#comment-3741993">comment from Jim P.Thank you so much, Jim P., and good question during the show!
Amy Alkon
at June 9, 2013 8:49 PM
I haven't heard the 'cast, but please note that testing has been debated for at least the last 50 years.
It remains that there is no other way to find out if you've educated someone. This is not altered by the failure of trendy new ideas to evaluate anyone.
Radwaste at June 12, 2013 2:21 AM
Sure there is, design a test that doesnt rely on reading comprehention tricks to confuse a tired mind, never let ant school offical see it, des`end on a school randomly to test it
That way you dont have teachers teaching the test
lujlp at June 12, 2013 5:42 AM
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