Where Does A Freed Mind Go?
Teachers are the great translators of learning–mediators that speak in binary code for the system and in human tongue for the children.
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Learning is a process of acquiring knowledge, but more crucially acquiring the habits and tendencies to transfer that knowledge in personally meaningful circumstances.
Teachers are the great translators of learning–mediators that speak in binary code for the system and in human tongue for the children.
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We seek fluency in the language of math but don’t encourage students to use it in a social way, producing many who are anxious about math.
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Time, experience, and others’ wisdom helped me see the real problems in how I learned differentiation.
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Peace Posters: A Collection Of Visuals Designed by Students by TeachThought Staff The modern internet–memes, gif animations, and infographics for
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Teaching Mindfulness In Elementary School From a press release MADISON, Wis. — Over the course of 12 weeks, twice a
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What if schools were like startups and their goal was to help students find and scale their gifts, affections, and opportunities?
What If Schools Helped Students Identify And Scale Their Gifts? Read More
How to best structure a Personal Passion Project was not something I had thought much about–mainly because I didn’t think students would take the option.
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Shifting To Visual Teaching by Timothy Gangwer Ed note: This post is a preface to Timothy’s session at the International Conference
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Three Levels Of Information Processing by Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor, Plymouth Institute of Education This is number 5 in my blog
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Merely playing the game over and over need not cause understanding and transfer. It takes a deliberate processing of the game experience.
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Bruner believed that when children start to learn new concepts, they need help from teachers and other adults in the form of active support.
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What is Pi? Pi (or ‘π’) is a mathematical constant defined as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.
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