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Todd Finley

What is a Learning Strategy - 7 views

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    "Learning Strategies Learning strategies refer to methods that students use to learn. This ranges from techniques for improved memory to better studying or test-taking strategies. For example, the method of loci is a classic memory improvement technique; it involves making associations between facts to be remembered and particular locations. In order to remember something, you simply visualize places and the associated facts. Some learning strategies involve changes to the design of instruction. For example, the use of questions before, during or after instruction has been shown to increase the degree of learning (see Ausubel). Methods that attempt to increase the degree of learning that occurs have been called "mathemagenic" (Ropthkopf, 1970). A typical study skill program is SQ3R which suggests 5 steps: (1) survey the material to be learned, (2) develop questions about the material, (3) read the material, (4) recall the key ideas, and (5) review the material. Research on metacognition may be relevant to the study of learning strategies in so far as they are both concerned with control processes. A number of learning theories emphasize the importance of learning strategies including: double loop learning ( Argyris ), conversation theory (Pask), and lateral thinking ( DeBono ). Weinstein (1991) discusses learning strategies in the context of social interaction, an important aspect of Situated Learning Theory. References: H.F. O'Neil (1978). Learning strategies. New York: Academic Press. H.F. O'Neil & C. Spielberger (1979). Cognitive and Affective Learning Strategies. New York: Academic Press. Rothkopf, E. (1970). The concept of mathemagenic behavior. Review of Educational Research, 40, 325-336. Schmeck, R.R. (1986). Learning Styles and Learning Strategies. NY: Plenum. Weinstein, C.E., Goetz, E.T., & Alexander, P.A. (1986). Learning and Study Strategies. NY: Academic Press. Weinstein, C.S. (1991). The classroom as a social context for learning. Annual Revi
Jenny Gilbert

Awesome Highlighter :Highlight and share in education ~ Educational Technology - 13 views

  • There are several ways educators can use Awesome Highlighter , here are some suggestions : Teachers can use it to show students the important parts of a lesson Teachers share links of Highlighted text of relevant interest with students to save them time Students can use it to share referencing quotes between each other They can also use it to gather information for research and classroom project
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    "There are several ways educators can use Awesome Highlighter , here are some suggestions : * Teachers can use it to show students the important parts of a lesson * Teachers share links of Highlighted text of relevant interest with students to save them time * Students can use it to share referencing quotes between each other * They can also use it to gather information for research and classroom project"
Wanda Terral

Awesome Stories - 16 views

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    AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites. Sources held in archives, which document so much important first-hand information, are often not searchable by popular search engines. One needs to search within those institutional sites directly, using specific search phrases not readily discernible to non-scholars. The experience can be frustrating, resulting in researchers leaving key sites without finding needed information. AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located. The author of each story is listed on the preface page of the story. A link to the author provides more detailed information. This educational teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards. Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment.
Mrs. Dawson

Draft No. 4 by John McPhee - 9 views

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    A piece published for The New Yorker about the importance of multiple drafts and the editing process. 
Little Planet Preschool

Pre- Nursery school admissions in Delhi - 2 views

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    As the verdict of court is out regarding the nursery school admissions in Delhi; it is important that parents try to understand the difference between the nursery and pre nursery school
Mark Smith

What's Wrong With To Kill A Mockingbird? - 5 views

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    "At its foundation, To Kill A Mockingbird is not the most morally complex of works, it is true. But then again, it is a novel written for children, and when it was composed, in the late 1950s, and published, in July, 1960, the proposition that black people ought to be treated as equal citizens was still a radical one in America. If Lee makes it clear to her audience where she believes our sympathies ought to lie - with Tom Robinson, the man falsely accused of rape, whose conviction is assured by a racist judicial system, and with Mayella Ewell, the impoverished incest victim who is forced to falsely accuse him by her abusive alcoholic father - then it is perhaps because at the dawn of the 1960s, the civil rights movement had yet to realize many of its most important victories, and the second-wave women's movement was barely even beginning."
Christy White

Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction | Video on TED.com - 7 views

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    Great TED talk about the importance and power of storytelling to help us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel.
ten grrl

Beowulf - 1 views

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    Images from the only known medieval manuscript of the epic saga of 'Beowulf', the most important surviving work of Anglo-Saxon poetry. The manuscript dates from the early 11th century, two generations before the Norman Conquest - though the poem itself is probably even older. Written in Old English, it tells of a thrilling struggle between the hero, Beowulf, and a bloodthirsty monster called Grendel.
ten grrl

The Morgan Library & Museum - Online Exhibitions - John Milton's Paradise Lost - 0 views

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    The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to present the only surviving manuscript of Paradise Lost, Book 1. This epic poem is considered Milton's greatest artistic achievement and one of the finest works of the human imagination. Acquired by Pierpont Morgan in 1904, it is the most important British literary manuscript in the collection. The 33-page manuscript has been temporarily disbound, providing an opportunity to see more of its pages than ever before. Also in this presentation are first editions of Paradise Lost printed in England and the United States during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and a rarely seen miniature portrait of the poet.
anonymous

Clive Thompson on the New Literacy - 1 views

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    Very interesting and timely article, important even, about writing in the new era that features insights from Stanford's Andrea Lundsford discussing findings from her longitudinal study of writing and why we have cause for hope.
anonymous

No right brain left behind: Must kids prep for 'risk-taking'? - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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    So important to consider the role of brain-based instruction and such faculties as creativity and imagination at this point. This USA Today article sums up some of those issues and concerns and names the books, especially Pink's Whole New Mind, that teachers need to know about and incorporate the ideas of into their teaching.
anonymous

Organization: Pew Hispanic Center - 0 views

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    Best single resource I've found for info on Latino students in education.
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    The most inclusive, complete resource I have found for information related to Latino and Hispanic students. Abundant data, reports, findings with important implications for teachers and schools.
anonymous

TIME 100: Heroes and Icons - 0 views

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    An abolutely wonderful site with great essays about major figures written BY other key figures (e.g., Bill Gates writing about the importance of the Wright Brothers)
anonymous

NCTE Inbox Blog - 1 views

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    Important, essential blog for English teachers
anonymous

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home - 0 views

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    Important site for ELA teachers as we work to redefine and clarify our discipline in light of changing demands from the world of work. NCTE is partnering with P21 to create an ELA framework. Many states have begun to adopt and adapt the P21 standards to t
Leslie Healey

The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. - 14 views

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    This puts it all in perspective, lest we begin to believe that what we know is more important than what they experience
Dana Huff

Law.com - In the Case of the Billion-Dollar ERISA Typo, 7th Circuit Upholds Win for Ver... - 2 views

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    This article would be great for teaching the importance of proofreading.
Katie Anderson

NAEP - What Does the NAEP Writing Assessment Measure? - 4 views

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    Important to consider what NAEP will assess in comparison with state writing tests, especially as they are being reformatted (e.g., Texas with the STAAR test).  
The0d0re Shatagin

Maps of War ::: Visual History of War, Religion, and Government - 7 views

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    Maps Quick Visuals of Important Concepts
The0d0re Shatagin

High Schools in the United States - 14 views

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    Data from the National High School Center - important information
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