Word: factualism
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...people throughout the country knowledgeable about the assassination." Oddly enough, a majority of the people most closely involved in the incidents reported in the Ramparts article never heard of the magazine or its "team." Thus it is not so odd that the Ramparts-Jones non-history is riddled with factual errors and perverse conclusions. Items...
...sentences are short, relatively flat, but it covers more subjects than the other sets. Britannica has large type, the shortest, most oversimplified articles, the fewest illustrations and a dry factual style. Compton's writing is lively and it covers such child-intriguing topics as magic and fairies but more prosaic topics are often overdone. A child has to work through nine pages to learn about the U.S. Postal service...
Such courses are key to any basic revision. The present system attempts to teach students everything there is to know about every field; it succeeds only in burdening them with an overwhelming mass of factual information. By coordinating material presented by the departments it will be possible to reduce the required workload and allow students to spend more time exploring elective courses...
...Subcommittee also recognizes that there has been too much emphasis on factual material and not enough on understanding general concepts. Students are burdened with a vocabulary more formidable than that required for most foreign languages, and they are compelled to memorize mountains of scientific data...
...flexibility to the curriculum, the report urges a reduction in the amount of factual information and memorization pressed upon the student, and a greater emphasis on elective courses. The report recommends the teaching of a "core curriculum" which would be required of all students and would consist of material that all future physicians must learn. In addition, students would spend a large part of their time on elective courses...