Convergent Teaching Elevates Students SAT Scores and Their Effectiveness in Higher Education

Academic Paper from the year 2023 in the subject Pedagogy - School Pedagogics, grade: 3.5, language: English, abstract: Convergent teaching as a product of convergent thinking is widespread from high school to higher education. Convergent thinking and divergent thinking was coined by the psychologist Guilford in 1956. Teaching strategies responds to how learners think. Most people of the world think convergently. Therefore, convergent teaching takes a great part in the education domain. Standardized exams that play a key role in college admission could be mastered through convergent learning, respectively convergent teaching. Practically, convergent teaching elevates national SAT average scores. Most of the college classes are large, as a result, most of the college professors apply convergent teaching. Students who are familiar with convergent teaching feel more comfortable with absorbing content during any session. Students who have more experience with convergent learning and teaching are most likely to graduate on time. In addition, convergent teaching equips students with a solid foundation and general tools for future jobs that are not discovered yet.