最近收到几封美国高校要求为本校本科生回复推荐信的邮件，虽然格式不同，但是内容大同小异，尤其是对学生能力的评价选项。我国“灌输式”的教育与美国多项能力的要求差距较大，希望教育工作者改革教学方式和内容，促进教育事业健康发展。

附：推荐信部分内容

1. In what capacity do you know the applicant?
   
2. I have known the applicant for years and months
3. Please evaluate the applicant's abilities in the table below where the educational level of the group you are using for comparison is:

Undergraduate Seniors Masters Students Doctoral Students

	No basis for judgement	Average	Good (Top 11-25%)	Excellent (Top 4-10%)	Outstanding (Top 3%)
Fundamental knowledge of field
Experimental/research techniques
Oral communication
Written communication
Leadership
Imagination and creativity
Self-reliance and independence
Emotional stability and maturity
Overall ability to do graduate level research

4. Please check one of the options below regarding your overall recommendation for this student to pursue a graduate degree.
1. I recommend the applicant without reservation as an excellent prospect.
2. I recommend the applicant with some reservation.
3. I cannot recommend the applicant at this time.

If you checked (b) or (c) please elaborate below:

5. Please comment on the applicant's suitability for graduate work and potential as a teaching or research assistant. If the applicant is currently registered in a graduate program at your institution, do you know the reason he or she is changing institutions?
   
6. If you have a file with more comments on the prospective graduate student, please upload document below:

_{(Please submit only PDF, TXT, RTF, and Microsoft Word formatted documents)}

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