“Brain research tells us that when the fun stops, learning often stops too. Most” — Terry Marselle Brain Copy Share Image
“Common Core’s odd approach to teaching the Gettysburg Address By” — Terry Marselle Common core Copy Share Image
“Prior knowledge is vital to comprehension because writers omit information.” — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Author’s note: what is “close reading? The short answer: without context. Before” — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“Differentiation is a promise unfulfilled, a boondoggle of massive proportions. The” — Terry Marselle Differentiation Copy Share Image
“children cannot reason abstractly until age 11 at the earliest Standard” — Terry Marselle Children Copy Share Image
“Children (or adults) do not/cannot learn while under stress.” — Terry Marselle Adults Copy Share Image
“How Common Core pedagogy directly contradicts well researched tenets on how cognition works.” — Terry Marselle Common core Copy Share Image
“Since the vast majority of factors affecting test scores occur outside school, test scores are poor measures of school quality, teacher quality… — Terry Marselle Education Copy Share Image
“Standardized test passing rates are based on arbitrary and political decisions about how many students decision-makers want to fail.” — Terry Marselle Education Copy Share Image
“Common Core is rife with developmentally inappropriate cognitive tasks at K-6 levels – and especially at the K-3 level.” — Terry Marselle Common core Copy Share Image
“Challenging the Research Base of the Common Core State Standards A Historical Reanalysis of Text Complexity By” — Terry Marselle Common core Copy Share Image
“But teaching students to ask that question, independent of subject matter knowledge, won’t do much good.” — Terry Marselle Education Copy Share Image
“when you control for poverty, the students in the U.S. outperform nearly every nation across the globe on these same tests.” — Terry Marselle Education Copy Share Image
“Even more so than learning to read, learning mathematics particularly requires that mastery of basic skills and knowledge occur first.” — Terry Marselle Education 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… — Terry Marselle Education Copy Share Image
“Transitioning from their first language to English before they have a firm grasp of their first language, usually by the end of… — Terry Marselle Language Copy Share Image
“Reading great literature, it has long been averred, enlarges and improves us as human beings,” wrote Paul. “Brain science shows this claim… — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“Can critical thinking actually be taught? Decades of cognitive research point to a disappointing answer: not really. People who have sought to… — Terry Marselle Critical thinking Copy Share Image
“Dr. James Milgram, an actual mathematician from Stanford University who was on the original Common Core math committee in the summer of… — Terry Marselle Common core 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… — Terry Marselle Critical thinking Copy Share Image
“Parents in prison don’t help with homework. They don’t help pay the bills. They don’t corral youngsters on bedtime patrol, advocate for… — Terry Marselle Crime Copy Share Image
“In Finland, children do not start formal instruction until grade 1 when they are 7. Pre-school and kindergarten are part of their… — Terry Marselle Art form Copy Share Image
“There are significant differences among children who are becoming fluent in English that will influence how they learn English. These include the… — Terry Marselle Children Copy Share Image
“The truth is that when we scrub joy and comfort from the classroom, we distance our students from effective information processing and… — Terry Marselle Education 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… — Terry Marselle Common core Copy Share Image
“The novel, of course, is an unequaled medium for the exploration of human social and emotional life. And there is evidence that… — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“The negative impact chronic absenteeism has on school success is increased because students who are chronically absent in one year are often… — Terry Marselle Education Copy Share Image
“item 5. It is also beyond the scope of the Standards to define the full range of supports appropriate for English language… — Terry Marselle English language Copy Share Image
“Refrain from giving background context or substantial instructional guidance at the outset. It may make sense to notify students that the short… — Terry Marselle Close reading Copy Share Image
“Practicing reading strategies ad nauseam doesn’t confer any particular advantage. Data are hard to find on just how much time is spent… — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“those who do read fiction are better able to understand the emotions of others.” — Terry Marselle Books Copy Share Image
“Reading Comprehension Cannot Be Taught It is not a transferable skill.” — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“it is impossible to have any deep understanding of Lincoln’s speech without thinking about the context of the speech: a memorial service.)… — Terry Marselle Communication Copy Share Image
“tests are constructed and normed on native English speakers and may not provide valid inferences about the achievement of English Language Learners.… — Terry Marselle Education Copy Share Image
“A New Majority Low Income Students Now a Majority In the Nation’s Public Schools January, 2015 Click” — Terry Marselle Education 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).… — Terry Marselle Anxiety Copy Share Image
