“Practicing reading strategies ad nauseam doesn’t confer any particular advantage. Data are hard to find on just how much time is spent in practice on “finding the main idea,” “determining the author’s purpose” and other such strategies in the average classroom.… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“When you “lose yourself” inside the world of a fictional character while reading a story, you may actually end up changing your own behavior… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Since the 1960s, the national “average” of U.S. students on international tests has been middling to poor at best. Yet, the nation experienced unprecedented… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Some of the worst items in math suffer from forcing students to overanalyze process verses simply perform. In sports, are gymnasts rated on their… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“As any parent, teacher, or psychologist will tell you, learning is substantially impacted when anxiety and stress are present. (longer answer coming). Understanding” — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Yep. I’m forced to test my 1st graders on tests where they are expected to do a close reading of a passage and answer… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“After twenty years of research, Willingham announced that he had arrived at the conclusion that critical thinking cannot be taught. That” — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Brain studies of low SES children have shown them to be less able to filter out irrelevant information in a learning situation. Although this… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“The children who were taught in English-only classrooms or transitioned to English instruction before they demonstrated well-established oral language abilities in their own language… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Thinking critically should be taught in the context of subject matter. The foregoing does not mean that teachers shouldn’t teach students to think critically—it… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Common Core has basically eliminated kindergarten. Yes, you read that correctly. It has moved the start of formalized instruction from Grade 1 to kindergarten.… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“the researchers found that people who strongly identified with a fictional character who overcame obstacles to vote were significantly more likely to vote in… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Another problem we found relates to the pedagogical method used in the Gettysburg Address exemplar that the Common Core calls “cold reading.” This gives… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
