Today’s Video: How Autism and Intelligence Connect by Jordan Peterson (11 minutes)
Autistic children perceive the world differently. Listen to Dr. Peterson as he discusses how autism and intelligence connect.
In last week’s Tip of the Week, I suggested that improvement in writing is often “caught” by continuous exposure to good writers. However, at a basic level you may be asking, can a student’s grammar be improved through direct teaching? I would answer yes, but not as a result of the common methods you find in…
Today’s Video: Education That Nurtures Rather Than Undermines Creativity. Sir Ken Robinson. (19 minutes) The home can be the perfect context for nurturing creativity. This video will inspire and give you some ideas you can use. https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
How do you know your student has gained the knowledge or skill he or she has studied or you have just taught? Savvy students can often “game the system” and bluff their way to completing learning activities or passing tests without really knowing the content. Sometimes this happens because publishers underestimate students’ ability to detect…
In my last article I gave you six tips to increase your child’s performance on any achievement test. In this article I want to address another aspect of test taking that if practiced, will result in higher test scores: time management. All achievement tests have timed sections. This can present a problem if your student…
I can still remember it. “Back in the day,” my teacher was in the front doing his part, talking. I was doing my part, day-dreaming. I wasn’t invested in what was going on. My grade point average in middle school hovered around a D+. I didn’t care. It doesn’t have to be this way. It’s…
Do you have a high schooler graduating this spring? Congratulations! This is a euphoric time accompanied by a lot of choices and decisions – college, work, trade school, etc. For some graduates, the path seems clear, at least for now. If I go to this college, major in this subject, then I’ll land this job….