All too often, students simply want to “get the work done” without recognizing that active learning is essential to building a lasting foundation for excellent work in school. For example, in our work with students in mathematics, one of the simple, yet critical things we do is emphasize the “logic” of an answer to a… Read more »
To Retain Or Not To Retain: A Seasonal Question
Every year, parents of children who are not quite meeting grade-based standards are faced with the dilemma of choosing to hold their child back or promote them on to the next grade. School districts often have one set of perspectives while parents have another. With No Child Left Behind, a greater number of children are… Read more »
Stanford University Studies Math Anxiety
When most of us think of common fears, we jump to stage fright, arachnophobia, and the fear of heights. Just as real, and just as common, however, is the fear of math. Math anxiety is the uncontrollable feeling of intense helplessness or frustration when asked to do math. For those who have it, children and… Read more »
Reading With Your Children – Part 3
Koreen Paterson is QWERTY’s licensed educational psychologist. She has written a 3-part series on reading with children, the final of which we present here. She writes from the perspective of not only being an LEP, but also from that of a mother who has made the decision to home school her children. The third component… Read more »
Reading With Your Children – Part 2
Koreen Paterson is QWERTY’s licensed educational psychologist. She has written a 3-part series on reading with children, the second of which we present here. She writes from the perspective of not only being an LEP, but also from that of a mother who has made the decision to home school her children. In choosing to… Read more »
Reading With Your Children – Part 1
Koreen Paterson is QWERTY’s licensed educational psychologist (LEP). She has written a 3-part series on reading with children, the first of which we present here. She writes from the perspective of not only being an LEP, but also from that of a mother who has made the decision to home school her children. Home-schooling my… Read more »
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