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ELL writing skills: Getting started
Douglas Magrath EducationWriting for the L2 learner is a developmental process analogous to reading. It is also a direct communication from writer to reader. Note the following from the ACTFL Standards: "Learners present information, concepts and ideas to inform, explain, persuade and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers or viewers."
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Academic coaching helps college STEM students with disabilities
Ruth Bomar EducationCollege students with disabilities face a barrier to success. Experts have found that college students with disabilities who are pursuing science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees express their struggle to manage time, complete assignments, maintain focus or shift focus from one task to another, make plans and organize tasks.
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As rate of school shootings rises, what can educators do?
Brian Stack EducationThis week, our country mourns the loss of 10 people in a school shooting at a small community college in Roseburg, Oregon. In that same event, another nine were injured. At a vigil the night of the shooting, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown stated, "In our sorrow, we will remember and honor those lost today, and they will forever be in our hearts. May peace be with you."
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Integrative tests: A better way to assess English learners
Douglas Magrath EducationTesting in ESL is the means of assessing the learners' progress in specific skill areas. Teachers need to make up their own tests to measure the learners' progress, to examine specific skill areas and to discover deficiencies.
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Motivation is key in turning around learning disabilities
Ronald M. Kraus, Ph.D. EducationThough there is surprisingly scant research on motivation and learning disabilities (35 relevant articles in the last 10 years, per a recent PsychInfo and ERIC library search), motivation is in fact key to helping create change for students with learning disabilities. It is the engine that drives the train of learning, the spark that propels the individual.
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Regional partnerships helping K-12 education innovate
Bambi Majumdar EducationMany states have reported a dismal drop in state funding over the last 10 years. Expecting the school systems to compensate for the funding plunge is like asking them to multitask without a solution in sight. We often fail to realize the enormous impact these steps will have on the students, who are ultimately going to pay for the talks and reforms that may never see the light.
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High times in higher education
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityA new study on college drug use concludes that 1 in 17 college students is getting high on marijuana on a regular (daily) basis. There are approximately 4,700 colleges offering either two-year or four-year degrees across the United States. These schools enroll around 20.6 million students every fall.
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Childhood shyness and the connection to mental illness
Dorothy L. Tengler EducationAlthough childhood shyness is commonplace, it concerns many parents, especially those who place great value on sociability. Some children become shy because of harsh life experiences, but most are born that way.
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Hate, hostility and ignorance in academe: What will you do?
Debra Josephson Abrams Education"Debra is a JAP." As I walk into my classroom, I see the words written neatly in bright orange on the whiteboard, and my colleague (someone I had counted as a friend) who has written them stands by the board, giggling, egging on my students to ask me what it means.
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Delaware mandates that students study organ donation
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareDelaware has become the latest state to mandate that students study organ donation as part of health education classes. The move is intended to dispel myths surrounding organ donation and potentially decrease the number of Delaware residents on organ waiting lists, which include some 300 people waiting for livers and kidneys.
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