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#1 In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.
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#1 The word think is used frequently in classrooms. However, teachers have never considered what they want their students to do mentally when they hear the word think.
#2 The thinking required in teachers' lessons is often identified using Bloom's taxonomy, which focuses on three domains: affective, psychomotor, and cognitive. However, the idea that thinking is sequential...
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#1 If you're overwhelmed by the amount of information and new terms that are being thrown at you, feel free to skip the next two pages and get right to the tips. The rest of this chapter is for parents who want to know what to do and how to do it. We will first introduce you to the organizations and people who can provide you with the help that your child needs. Then,...
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#1 Reading is a skill that requires the reader to shift their gaze from one spot on the page to another, deciphering the words one by one as they go. The most sensitive part of our vision, the fovea, is located in the central part of our retina. The rest of the retina has a coarser resolution.
#2 Our perception depends exclusively on the number of letters of a word,...
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#1 Teach someone how to do something, and you'll learn how to do it better yourself. In this book we're going to examine the most effective way to learn anything: by teaching it. We're going to explore the foundations of effective teaching and learning, and hopefully you'll be able to apply these principles in creative ways that extend well beyond the classroom. -> The...
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#1 Nouns are the words that represent people, places, or things. They are always capitalized and always singular. Some nouns can be counted, like pens and people. Some cannot be counted, like water and air. PRACTICE: Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. 1. The ________ of the world is changing. 2. The ________ is a book about the pursuit of happiness. 3....
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#1 The American educational system has been declining for years, and it has been made worse by the rise in grade inflation and cheating.
#2 American educational deficiencies extend far beyond mathematics. When asked if they thought they were good at mathematics, only 23 percent of American 13-year-olds said yes, compared to 68 percent of Korean 13-year-olds.
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#1 A five-year-old girl was fascinated by a nonfiction picture book about birds of prey and spent a lot of time studying them in her classroom. She became an expert on bird shadows and noticed a cartoon image on each page that didn't make sense. She wondered where the bird was going to get salt. It's not just children who can make those connections. I recently heard...
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#1 You're doing it wrong. But here's the thing: you can't go back. You can't change your major. You can't change your mind. This degree is a done deal and there's no going back. I'm not going to tell you never to lie about your college plans, because it's perfectly safe to do so. But don't do it for the reaction, because you'll only make yourself feel worse when the real...
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#1 Mallory, the principal of a new charter school in California, noticed that the students were not achieving the same success in their classes, regardless of which teacher they had. She realized that the teachers were not aligned with what and how they were teaching, and that by all accounts, the performance of students should be comparable across teachers of the same...
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#1 The 80/20 rule states that 20 percent of inputs produce 80 percent of the outputs. It can be a powerful way to improve performance in everything from sports to business to education. In the 1950s, a management consultant named Joseph Juran famously used the rule to help improve Japan's manufacturing industries.
#2 The 80/20 rule states that 20 percent of inputs produce...
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#1 The first Balkan settlers were small, transitory tribes that followed the animals they hunted and gathered whatever wild-growing crops they could as they moved. Around 10,000 BCE, these hunter-gatherers began to put down more sturdy roots. They began to build villages on the same piece of land over and over.
#2 The Balkan region was home to many different tribes and...
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#1 English learners are students who speak a language other than English and are acquiring English in school. They are often misclassified as English language learners, but the official definition is of students who are ages 3—21, enrolled in elementary or secondary education, born outside of the United States or speaking a language other than English in their homes,...
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#1 The brain processes and stores information in long-term storage only if the information is good for us and our survival, so don't worry if your brain can't tell if new information is good to store or not. It's safer to leave it out. Now, let's see where learning actually happens! Learning is the process of adapting to our environment in ways that promote survival....
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#1 The brain is not designed for thinking, but it is designed to save you from having to think, because it is not good at thinking. People enjoy mental work if it is successful. People like to solve problems, but not to work on unsolvable problems. If schoolwork is always just a bit too difficult for a student, it should come as no surprise that he doesn't like school...
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#1 The author met a boy named Jack who was invited to Alicia's birthday party. He was a lonely, kind boy who seemed to understand many things, and he was very eloquent for an eight-year-old.
#2 Asperger's syndrome is a diagnosis that describes someone who perceives and thinks about the world differently from other people. It is typically characterized by a lack of social...
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#1 A noun is a word or set of words that refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun of more than one word is called a compound noun. There are common nouns and proper nouns.
#2 Verbs are often made up of more than one word. They are typically two words long and function as a main verb and one or more helping verbs. They are typically used to clarify the intended...
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#1 Learning experiences are like journeys. The journey starts where the learner is now, and ends when the learner is successful, however that is defined. The end of the journey isn't just about knowing more, but also doing more.
#2 There are gaps between your learner's current situation and where they need to be in order to be successful. These gaps are between what...
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#1 Facilitation is a difficult subject to teach. It is in the face of this challenge that most people don't even bother trying to formally teach it. Most facilitators learn how to facilitate in one of four ways: through a retreat or mini-retreat setting, shadowing or co-facilitating with an experienced facilitator, being a participant in someone else's facilitation, or...
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