Deliberate Dumbing Down of America Public Education

G–26 right down to basics, we are talking about conditioned response in human terms. Pavlov experimented on dogs.”) effective, effective school research, effective schools (International school restructuring move ment which seeks to level the playing field for all children, thereby dumbing down the particularly bright and average students; a form of redistribution of brains, intelligence. [See Glossary and Appendix XXVI]) elicit (Used in relation to a specific behavior: to draw forth, evoke, cause to be revealed) enabling (To make possible or effective) environment, environmental (Climate—”psychologically facilitative” when applied to educa tion) exceptional (Teachers who are trained to use operant conditioning. Also, master teachers) experimental (Used in relation to research conducted on teachers and students, usually with out their “informed” consent. Legislation is on the books which protects prisoners from such experimental research.) extinguish (Stop certain behavior) fade (As behavior reaches “automaticity” level, use of operant conditioning is gradually reduced to zero level) guiding (Helping student to model [copy] teacher’s behavior) incentives (Motivators, rewards, special treatment to assure correct behavior) indicators (Specify what students must know and be able to do) individualized education, individualized education plans/programs (IEPS) (See Glossary for Mastery Learning , Direct Instruction ) instructional design technology (The use of such technology can be compared to assembly line type of teaching which requires teacher to perform in a systematic, exact manner, so that the student’s every action [behavior] can be scientifically measured and replicated; to shape and mold the child as one would shape and mold a piece of clay) intensive, systematic phonics or any other “scientific” research-based instruction (A simple way to teach which uses operant conditioning; a method which must be understood and rejected if teaching is to remain “teaching” and not become behavior modification and “training.” Some excellent traditional phonics programs are incorrectly described as “intensive and systematic direct instruction of phonics” when in fact they are not, since they do not use operant conditioning. ) know and be able to do (See Glossary for Taxonomy of Educational Objectives ) latent period (Interval between stimulation and response) management skills (Related to TQM [See Glossary for Quality ]) mastery, mastery learning (Based on Skinnerian operant conditioning; same as direct instruc tion [See Glossary])