"Academic Rigor Not Just for A Select Few"

Mary Ramberg, executive director of Teaching & Learning:

Rigor means different things to different people. Some people think rigor and rigidity are the same. In this case, academic rigor might look like teacher inflexibility — an "it's my way or the highway" kind of attitude. Some people think rigor and harshness are the same. In this case, academic rigor might mean that student work is an endurance test and only a predetermined number of students can receive high grades. Neither of these views of rigor matches the MMSD understanding of rigor in an academic setting.

The MMSD Educational Framework describes three characteristics of rigor in an academic setting:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 14, 2006 11:58 AM
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