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The prevailing belief today is that if young people can accumulate enough “points” in the “game of school”—test scores, grade point averages, number of Advanced Placement or honors classes, number of extracurricular activities—then they “win.” Many people emphasize numbers without interpretation. But what do the numbers mean? What are they for? With all this emphasis on academic achievement for its own sake, have we lost sight of why children should develop these intellectual capacities? What’s the use of these scores in the broader picture of a person’s life or a culture’s well-being?
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Moran, S. (2011). Assessing and Developing Multiple Intelligences Purposefully. In: Tirri, K., Nokelainen, P. (eds) Measuring Multiple Intelligences and Moral Sensitivities in Education. Moral Development and Citizenship Education, vol 5. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-758-5_7
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