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Drawing is an integral learning tool
Pamela Hill EducationIn schools, the act of drawing is often pigeonholed to specific areas of academics and instruction. It is observed in lower elementary grades as a constant, but less and less as students progress through higher level grades.
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Fostering reading through student choice in high school
Brian Stack EducationLike many Generation Xers and millennials, my high school English classroom memories stem from my experiences reading popular required readings such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies and Catcher in the Rye.
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How exactly does the brain handle our complex multitasking?
Dorothy L. Tengler Science & TechnologyHow many windows are open on your computer right now? Most of us are running a few websites, not to mention our email, Facebook, Twitter, a word processor, a spreadsheet and maybe a few other random software applications. Then, close by we might have a cellphone and maybe an eBook reader and an iPod or iPad.
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Close reading with English learners: Strategies
Erick Herrmann EducationIn this era of more demanding standards for all students, close reading has become a common exercise for students in various grade levels. For English language learners — generally defined as students who are not achieving academically due to the level of English language proficiency —accessing complex, grade-level text can be especially demanding.
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Occupational therapy: An important support
Pamela Hill EducationMany students with learning disabilities have attention and sensory processing issues that can be assisted and improved by occupational therapy. Occupational therapy focuses on functioning in daily life. In the school, the focus is on attention and performance of skills in the classroom.
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K-12 tutor programs get digital
Bambi Majumdar EducationOver the years, academic standards have been getting significantly tougher. There is a lot of debate about this issue and about the standardized tests that evaluate student levels, and preparations based on their curriculum-based knowledge.
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Close reading with English learners: Challenges
Erick Herrmann EducationIn this era of more demanding standards for all students, close reading has become a common exercise for students in various grade levels. For English language learners — generally defined as students who are not achieving academically due to the level of English language proficiency — accessing complex, grade-level text can be especially demanding.
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A little-known cause of struggles in school
Janet B. Reyes EducationMany educators and parents are unaware of one potential reason some students perform poorly or inconsistently in school: underlying problems with perceptual-motor integration. This system relates to sensory intake and processing, awareness of body position and differences in muscle tension.
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The changing role of advisory in a high school setting
Brian Stack EducationAdvisory programs in high schools are not a new concept. In fact, they have been popular in schools for more than two decades. They were born out of an early movement to personalize an individual school for each student and ensure that schools connect every student with at least one adult who can understand and advocate for them as needed.
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Try this game in your next vocabulary lesson
Debra Josephson Abrams Education"It was so boring! I hated learning new words that way!" exclaimed a frustrated student about traditional vocabulary learning strategies. The student was one of a number interviewed by Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen and Khuat Thi Thu Nga in their action research about how to stimulate Vietnamese students' interest in vocabulary learning.
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