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Evaluating the Best Classroom Practices for Teaching Math
Analyzing TIMSS data, researchers draw tentative conclusions about math teaching: memorizing formulas & hearing lectures vs. applying math to “real life.” Continue reading
3rd Graders Beware! The Perils of Mindfulness Research
Despite suggestive research about its benefits, teachers should know the perils of mindfulness research. In this study, for example, yoga might have helped 3rd graders improve their emotional quality of life…but the study lacks an active control group. We can hope that the mindfulness helped, but we can’t be sure. Continue reading
Surprise! The Unexpected Outdoor Class Advantage
But do your students have a point? Might there be good reasons to move class outside every now and then? Continue reading
The Struggles of Young-for-their-Grade Students
If a school has a strict cut-off date for a particular grade, then some students will be almost a full year younger than others. The age-appropriate developmental differences between the youngest and the oldest kindergartener might be substantial. Continue reading
Head Start: Getting To Yes
Loyal blog readers know that Austin Matte is our local expert on Head Start. To…
School, Self-Regulation, and the Brain
The Study A just-published study asks about the effect of schooling on the brain. (A…
Once Upon a Digital Time…
A recent study suggests that 3- and 4-year old children understand as much, and learn…
The Grade-School Homework Debate
A nicely balanced and well-informed article by Melinda Wenner Moyer.