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Is Proficiency Testing Assessing the Real Thing?
Christy Bosch, curriculum coordinator at Ohio’s Logan-Hocking School District, is in charge of creating a course of study that will not only best educate the students of that district, but will also...
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How the Brain Learns a Second Language
Whether or not we agree philosophically with the concept of a “national language,” English is clearly the dominant language in the United States. As such, knowledge of English is an important component...
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We Have Two Brain Systems!
We constantly confront dangers and opportunities related to our need to survive and reproduce. Many folks believe that our brain processes all the recognition and response functions that are required...
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Our Continuous Search for Fairness
The intense furor surrounding the ballot count in the recent presidential election underscores the importance of trust and fairness in human life. We became an interdependent social species because (1)...
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Understanding Today’s Attention Deficit Child
Just What is Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)? The common symptoms of ADHD, which has replaced ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) as the medical term of choice, are what Hinshaw called...
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Fading Memories
Folks tend to worry about memory loss. Our worry escalates when we do such things as lose keys, forget names when making introductions, or remember the principal item that sparked the shopping trip...
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A Marriage of Art and Learning: An Interview with James Catterall
Dr. James Catterall, professor at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education, says that his academic career has taken him down three main paths over the last few decades. The first was the examination of the...
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The Dreaming Brain
From a subjective viewpoint, it can be difficult to believe that dreams have any deep meaning. One of my most memorable dreams involved the actor Tom Selleck, a sea monster and a talking duck. If this...
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A Teacher’s Sense of Humor
When asked to list qualities they want in a teacher, students tend to give high ratings to a sense of humor and fairness—but they typically find it difficult to define these qualities. It seems a...
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The Internet Goes to School
Even with many tech stocks in the tank, our lives increasingly involve the Internet. This is likely as true for kids as it is for professionals. Anyone who’s seen a youth using a computer knows that...
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