"High-tech Help (Assistive technologies are becoming more prevalent for learning disabled)" New York Times 1/7/11
Good quick survey of what's out there.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
WORLD OF LEARNING: WRITING TO LESSEN TEST ANXIETY
"Writing About Worries Eases Anxiety and Improves Test Performance" ScienceDaily 1/13/11
Fascinating, and something I have to try to put into practice.
Fascinating, and something I have to try to put into practice.
WORLD OF LEARNING: TRAVAILS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
"Middle School Is When the Right Friends May Matter Most" ScienceDaily 1/12/11
Peer pressure is often assumed to peak in high school, but I've always felt middle school is when it's most difficult to establish an identity. In high school, you're a big kid--a teenager. K-5, you're a kid. Middle school, no one knows.
Peer pressure is often assumed to peak in high school, but I've always felt middle school is when it's most difficult to establish an identity. In high school, you're a big kid--a teenager. K-5, you're a kid. Middle school, no one knows.
WORLD OF LEARNING
"Brain Scans Show Children With ADHD Have Faulty Off-Switch for Mind-Wandering" ScienceDaily 1/10/11
"Can You Build a Better Brain?" Sharon Begley/Newsweek 1/3/11
"Effort to Restore Children's Play Gains Momentum" New York Times 1/6/11
"Major Advance in MRI Allows Much Faster Brain Scans" ScienceDaily 1/6/11
"Can You Build a Better Brain?" Sharon Begley/Newsweek 1/3/11
"Effort to Restore Children's Play Gains Momentum" New York Times 1/6/11
"Major Advance in MRI Allows Much Faster Brain Scans" ScienceDaily 1/6/11
WORLD OF LEARNING: DEEP READING
"Is deep reading in trouble?" Contra Costa Times 1/5/11
I'm about to post my review of Nicholas Carr's The Shallows, touched on in this article. It also quotess Mirit Barzillai. I've cited her essay with Maryanne Wolf on deep reading previously. And it mentions two other books on the subject which sound interesting: John Miedema's Slow Reading and Cynthia Lee Katona's Book Savvy.
I'm about to post my review of Nicholas Carr's The Shallows, touched on in this article. It also quotess Mirit Barzillai. I've cited her essay with Maryanne Wolf on deep reading previously. And it mentions two other books on the subject which sound interesting: John Miedema's Slow Reading and Cynthia Lee Katona's Book Savvy.
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