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Brainology SCHOOL MATTERS Brainology Transforming Students' Motivation to Learn Carol S. Dweck Winter 2008 This is an exciting time for our brains. More and more research is showing th...
Brainology SCHOOL MATTERS Brainology Transforming Students' Motivation to Learn Carol S. Dweck Winter 2008 This is an exciting time for our brains. More and more research is showing th...
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Questions for directing discussion General More than just paper, pencil, & words on a page... what constitutes "writing"? What is the value of writing? What evidence is there that writing needs imp...
How's your Resilience? How are you feeling about what's ahead for you in 2012? This has been a pretty punishing period for many people who work in western economies and the New Year promises litt...
Sixteen Qualities Of A Good Teacher Photo by Moving Mountains Trust Good teachers are rare, and few people, including school administrators who hire teachers, know what it takes to be one. Altho...
Strategies: Is This Really How We Read? I had a teacher in a workshop recently who told me she didn't think she used any strategies when she read. I explained that, for proficient readers, we ...
The end of the school year presents us with an opportunity for reflection at Envision Schools. We take a final measure of students' progress throughout the school year, celebrate the many Envision ...
Franki: Pat and Katie, you've both done so much work in learning how best to support struggling readers. Can you share any new learning or thinking you have about this topic? Pat: Sure. I'll go ah...
The Medium Is the Medium Recently, book publishers got some good news. Researchers gave 852 disadvantaged students 12 books (of their own choosing) to take home at the end of the school year. They...
David B. Cohen, who teaches at the upscale Palo Alto High School in CA, summed it up nicely: What I wish people would realize is that "good" schools with high test scores don't think of their inst...