Just as I did last year at this time, I am writing my final grading period post of the year as a reminder that you should take the best possible advantage of every remaining opportunity you have to end the year as well as you possibly can. One of the reasons that is so important …
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Last year at this time, when I wrote about Teacher Appreciation Week, we were all living under much different circumstances than we are now. Hopefully, you will have much more opportunity this year to thank your teachers for all they do with expressions of gratitude such as cards, flowers, other gifts, or even celebrations, depending …
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In recent years, a lot of emphasis has been placed on the science of education. Focus on STEM classes and careers, data-driven decision making, and bachelor of science degrees awarded to newly-minted educators have all contributed to this. As current students, it might be hard for many of you to realize that this wasn’t always …
Since the main focus of my website and blog is on study skills, it might sometimes seem that I do not place enough emphasis on acquiring knowledge, or that I believe that you should put so much time and effort into improving your study skills that the goal of increasing your knowledge is secondary to …
In my last post, I asked if you were remembering to do what works for you when it comes to using study methods and completing assignments, and to evaluate how you fared this past year, both with teacher-suggested and/or required study methods, as well as with any methods you chose to use without their input. …
After making my first specific reference to the approach of the end of last school year, and discussing the importance of knowing just how much time in class remains to you so you can make the best possible use of it and bring your final grades as close to where you want them as you …
Up to this point, I have written this year’s posts about knowing your grading periods sooner than last year’s. I wanted to provide you with various times during the year to check your progress with your study skills as well as your grades, as well as to highlight more examples of times when checking your …
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When most of us see or hear the word “puzzle,” the first, and perhaps only, type of puzzle that comes to mind is a jigsaw puzzle. Since it was invented over two hundred years ago and was the only type of puzzle most people were familiar with, it rightly became then, and still is now, …
In my last post, I wrote about theory and practice in education, and how an overreliance on theory can sometimes lead to students missing out on the practical advice they also need, while an overreliance on practice can sometimes lead to students missing out on the benefits new theories can offer. Even though some teachers …
In education, as in many other fields, both theory and practice play an important role. As any of you who have read my blog regularly know, I definitely lean more toward the practice side of things, and one of the main goals of my website is to offer practical solutions to educational challenges. One of …
