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As part of my training in educational therapy, I am required to train in the major standardized test batteries. It has been useful, and has deepened my dislike of them. I will go into a diatribe on this on another post. I am not against all standardized testing (I think some CBMs are great – . . . → Read More: How Should Learning Disabilities be Diagnosed? I spend a lot of time researching ways to combat math anxiety, and the list ranges from helping students harness the strengths of their own learning styles, to encouraging active learning through games and hands-on activities, to modeling coping skills for anxious episodes. Reading a random article tonight, I realized that research informs a lot . . . → Read More: Helping Your Kids at Home Man I can not stop thinking about this. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lessons-to-be-learned-from-a-one-room-schoolhouse/ Take a gander at the article above. It gives me shivers (the good kind). I started dreaming about becoming a teacher when I read an article about a one-room schoolhouse years and years ago. I was in training as a geneticist though, so there . . . → Read More: UDL in a One Room Schoolhouse? Yes Please. So, I am determined that my posts here will be helpful, if perhaps not frequent. One fun hobby is to look at how education research shows up in everyday life. I read a Mo Willems book to my daughter and note the scaffolding for imaginative play of the type that has been shown to . . . → Read More: Math Anxiety in the News Sooooo… my last post was what? Three years ago? My daughter turns three in October, so yeah. That’s where I’ve been. Lots of new moms take up blogging, I run for the hills. But busy I have been, for sure. I’ve taken up adjuncting, teaching a graduate class on Universal Design for Learning in . . . → Read More: Where Have I Been? MathAffect is currently scheduling students for the summer session. We’re trying something a little different this year to accommodate summer camps and family vacations (both equally important to summer math work). Rather than scheduling a weekly time, we’re scheduling time by the week. Each week will have 2-3 sessions (TR or TWR, depending on need) . . . → Read More: Summer Scheduling Details |
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