Action Research

Web 2.0: Pedagogical Evidence and Brain Research

Action Research, Education 2.0 May 28, 2010 at 4:36 pm 13 comments

Before I was introduced to wikis in April 2008, I never would have envisioned how much my teaching could use these new technologies. More importantly, my students could not be more ready to take their education to a new level that I sincerely hope will better connect them to the world and prepare them to participate in a digital world. The time is now, and while students have been hungry for this opportunity, the reinforcing research is thorough enough to justify using wikis,blogs, podcasts, Flickr, Moodle, and online writing technologies that I feel can significantly improve students’ writing, and perhaps more importantly, prepare them for digital citizenship. This series, based on action research I collected while studying for my M.Ed, explores the impact digital technology can have on how our students learn, and how we, as educators, can leverage that impact for the good of our students.

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3 Techniques for Brain Based Differentiation

3 Techniques for Brain Based Differentiation

Action Research, Got Brains? May 27, 2010 at 1:39 pm 2 comments

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.

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The Teen Brain Pt 6: Memory

The Teen Brain Pt 6: Memory

Action Research, Got Brains? May 26, 2010 at 1:14 pm Comments are Disabled

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.

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The Teen Brain Pt 5: Making Learning Meaningful

The Teen Brain Pt 5: Making Learning Meaningful

Action Research, Got Brains? May 25, 2010 at 10:14 pm Comments are Disabled

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.

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The Teen Brain Pt. 4: Movement

The Teen Brain Pt. 4: Movement

Action Research, Got Brains? May 24, 2010 at 9:55 pm 1 comment

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.

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The Teen Brain Pt 3: Relevance and Experience

The Teen Brain Pt 3: Relevance and Experience

Action Research, Got Brains? May 24, 2010 at 3:10 pm 4 comments

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.

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The Teen Brain Pt 2: Feedback

The Teen Brain Pt 2: Feedback

Action Research, Got Brains? May 24, 2010 at 2:25 pm 5 comments

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.

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Teaching the Teen Brain.

Teaching the Teen Brain.

Action Research, Got Brains? May 21, 2010 at 2:00 pm 9 comments

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.

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Listen up!  Boys and girls hear, read, learn differently

Listen up! Boys and girls hear, read, learn differently

Action Research, Featured Articles, The Shift January 20, 2010 at 9:19 pm 9 comments

New research is proving that gender differences are real. Boys and girls are different. From the way their brains are organized to the types of cells in their eyes, groundbreaking studies are showing us just how different the genders really are. In this article, Chris Wondra explains how boys and girls hear differently, and what this means for the way our children and students learn to speak and read.

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Gender Differentiation:  Should we really be treating boys and girls differently?

Gender Differentiation: Should we really be treating boys and girls differently?

Action Research January 9, 2010 at 4:05 pm 1 comment

While this is actually the 3rd post at We Teach We Learn, discussing gender differentiation in the classroom, this our first experiment using a new […]

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