Why Does the CLAA Use General Questions for Assessment?

In Academy courses, I often assess student work with written assessments in which I ask general questions concerning each lesson in a course. For example, in the Academy’s Classical Reasoning course, I ask students to answer the same following questions for every lesson: Please state the name of the author, title, book and chapter studied in this reading. Summarize your recent/previous readings in the subject/course to prepare the context for this chapter. What is the principal subject of the present reading? (This is often stated by the author.) As you read and review the chapter, make a list/outline of the … Continue

Intro. to Classical Arithmetic, Lesson 03. Of Comparison

To complete the objectives of this lesson, complete the following tasks: Study the lesson for mastery. Complete the lesson memory work. Pass the lesson exam. Lesson It is very important that we know how to rightly compare quantities. EQUALITY AND INEQUALITY Let’s begin by clarifying a number of important definitions. When we use the term “Equality”, we mean that two or more things agree in their quantities. If these things did not agree in their quantities, we would call this “Inequality”. If we compare two multitudes, say five apples and seven apples, we will see that the quantities are not … Continue