Post Tagged with: "Research"

Learning to Wait

Learning to Wait

The Edge of Education October 24, 2012 at 2:41 pm Comments are Disabled

Loyal readers will remember my last post, in which I shared the marshmallow story.  The key takeaway: self-control is a big deal.  For those who […]

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5 Things I Finally Understand About Teaching and Learning

5 Things I Finally Understand About Teaching and Learning

Featured Articles January 29, 2012 at 5:43 pm 10 comments

By Rita Platt What is your philosophy of education? This was the question that the professor asked us in my second year of my teacher […]

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Worksheets don’t grow dendrites

Annotations June 19, 2010 at 11:10 am 1 comment

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh People need to talk because we’re highly social organisms! Students should not be expected to sit silently and do their […]

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Wikis and literacy development.

Annotations June 16, 2010 at 12:16 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer McPherson focuses one the differences between wikis and blogs, the different types of wikis available (as of 2006), how reading […]

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Activating the desire to learn.

Annotations June 15, 2010 at 12:13 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh Internal control psychology’s choice theory is the topic of this book.  The author has been an educator for over 30 […]

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Inspiring active learning: a handbook for teachers. Harmin, M.

Annotations June 14, 2010 at 10:49 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh The author has compiled and named a myriad of techniques used by K-12 teachers and college professors.  One recurring theme […]

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Key words in instruction: literature circles.

Annotations June 13, 2010 at 11:14 am Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh According to this author, through the use of literature circles, students “become information literate by reading authentic literature, thinking about […]

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Do-it-yourself broadcasting: writing weblogs in a knowledge society.

Annotations June 12, 2010 at 11:09 am Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer Lankshear and Knobel elaborately outline: the history of blogging, the anatomy of a weblog, a detailed step-by-step process of how […]

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Motivation and learning: practical teaching tips for block schedules, brain-based learning, multiple intelligences, improved student motivation, increased achievement.

Annotations June 11, 2010 at 11:04 am 1 comment

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh Divided into seven main chapters: student motivation, enhancing motivation and commitment to quality, making teaching easier, building knowledge and understanding, […]

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Mining the internet: a space for “writing without writing.”

Annotations June 10, 2010 at 3:13 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer This article really was by Emily Van Noy, the teacher who employed blogging in her classroom, and Kajder and Bull […]

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