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...young girl, I used to cry for all my lost relatives. But as we mature, we grow in strength and courage. Let the Nazis be punished when they make people afraid of speaking out. Nazism will never go away, but we must oppose it at all costs. Miriam Atkinson Bromley, England...
...Astronomy 1: Anderson to Harper (inclusive), Sever 5 Helmus to Russell (inclusive), Sever 6 Salisbury to Winsor (inclusive), Sever 17 Chemistry 3, Zool. Lect.-rm. Economics 1A, Harvard 5 Economics 14, Sever 1 Education 1, Sever A English 3a, Pierce 202 English 29a, Pierce 209 Fine Arts 1c: Atkinson to Cook (inclusive), Sever B Coolidge to Joyce (inclusive), Sever 26 Kenefick to Reynolds (inclusive), Sever 31 Ricketson to Wood (inclusive), Sever 32 French 2: Dr. Whittem's sect. 1, Holden Mr. Doyle's sect. 7, Harvard 6 Mr. Lincoln's sect. 8, Harvard 6 Mr. Arvin's sect. 9, Robinson...
...this current state, the SAT I is often criticized for rewarding students who have the time and money to extensively prepare while discriminating against those with fewer resources. When former President of the University of California (UC) system Richard C. Atkinson announced his recommendation that the SAT I be scrapped from the admissions process in California, he said that the turning point for him was a trip to an upscale private school, where he learned “that they spend hours each month—directly and indirectly—preparing for the SAT.” He said...
Like so many disconcerted 11th-graders, Atkinson had been driven round the bend by analogies--which are, not coincidentally, banished from the New SAT. But some academics are now offering an elegy for the analogy: "Analogical thinking is at the very foundation of how we make use of old knowledge to understand new things," says Lohman. "It may take a long time to understand how our solar system is set up, but if someone could use that information to help you understand the structure of an atom, it speeds the process up...When we learn, we have to do this...
...cognitive psychologist, Atkinson has no specialized training in psychometrics, though he has researched mathematical models of memory. He says he favors achievement over aptitude tests partly because his university's research shows that the SAT II subject-based tests are just as good at predicting success at U.C. as the regular SAT. "When I saw that data," he says, "that was the nail in the coffin." But according to an exhaustive 2002 College Board study, the most accurate predictor of success in college--at U.C. and everywhere else--is a combination of high school grades, SAT scores...