Dartmouth: Spaced Repetition Promotes Efficient and Effective Learning: Policy Implications for Instruction: Abstract: “Concern that students in the United States are less proficient in mathematics, science, and reading than their peers in other countries has led some to question whether American students spend enough time in school. Instead of debating the amount of time that …
I ran into our stablemaster and riding instructor at a lunch last weekend and she expressed frustration over trying to get young kids on horse back to follow verbal directions. “I don’t know anything about teaching riding, but I’ll come check it out, and maybe we can come up with something that will help.” So …
The best way to wear a blow up dinosaur costume at school is to keep moving. Small children are first excited/frightened, then excited/interested, then excited/aggressive an it’s very hard to run in a dinosaur costume when you’re surrounded by 2′ nothing kids. My advice- keep moving.
As a role model for young women, I do my absolute best to model self-respect, confidence, and dedication to my work. It might be an image of me (OR YOU!) that these young people call up in their heads when they are developing an understanding of what women are and what is acceptable behavior for …
As the Student Support Services Coordinator in a remote school in Africa, parents often declare they think their child has a ‘problem’ and ask me to evaluate them. They tell me of late nights at home begging children to go to bed, children that are being hand-fed and dressed well into early primary school, children …