Download or read book The Aptitude Myth written by Cornelius N. Grove, Ed.D., independent scholar, author of "The Aptitude Myth" (2013) and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children’s mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans’ ways of thinking about children’s learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely by innate aptitude.