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Edge Foundation Helps Students With ADHD

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Most public schools, and many private schools, have programs in place that are designed to identify students who have ADHD. The same programs often include ways to help the student to focus on completing school work, and arriving at class on time. Colleges and Universities, on the other hand, do not usually offer the same kind of help for students who have ADHD. Fortunately, the Edge Foundation can provide that kind of assistance. Often, the first time a child is diagnosed with ADHD, that child is in the later years of elementary school. It is also becoming increasingly common for … Continue reading →

Student Feedback

At the end of each semester students are typically asked to fill out some form of evaluation of the instructor and the course itself. This is an important part of being a student (in my estimation) as it is a chance for students to anonymously (and hopefully honestly) critique their instructors and classes. This past semester I impressed this truth onto my students before their evaluations. No, I didn’t try to sway them to evaluate me favorably. I told them that this is what keeps teachers you like teaching and what makes bad classes tolerable and good classes great. They … Continue reading →

Are We Apathetic About Student Ethics?

A lot of our focus on ethics in education has to do with the environment for our students, what they are being taught, how they are being taught and who is teaching it to them. But how often do we focus on the ethics of the students themselves, before they even enter the classroom? A new survey given to high school students says that 64 percent of high school students have cheated on a test. A whopping 30 percent have stolen from a store within the past year. The survey was conducted by Josephson Institute, a Los Angeles-based ethics institute. … Continue reading →

Allow Students to Have Opinions

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Among the reasons that students gave that they do not enjoy reading was that they feared that they would not have the right interpretation of the text. In some cases students get very intimidated during group book discusses with the teacher. A typical middle school or high school literature class is carried out by the students reading a select passage of a book and then openly discussing it in class with the teacher. The teacher often asks the students to give an interpretation and meaning of the text that was read. They are also often asked to analyze the characters … Continue reading →

More about Reading and First Grade Students

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Previously I gave some insight into the first grade classroom. I discussed listening, speech, books and print and writing. All of these are very important to the development of a child’s reading skills. Students in the first grade should be able to quickly name the letters and sounds of the alphabet. They should be using these skills when carrying out their writing and spelling. The teacher should instruct the students on appropriate times to use uppercase and lowercase letters. Segmentation, blending, phoneme addition and deletion, and phoneme substitution should all be carried out in the first grade classroom. The teacher … Continue reading →

Students Lack History Knowledge

People have various strengths and weaknesses. This variety falls into almost every life category. People have different abilities when it comes to sports, arts, academics, and more. Some people are good at mathematical computing and others are better at remembering history facts. I am a mathematical person. I enjoy logic and reasoning activities. However, my strengths do not carry over into historical facts and dates. It seems that many teenagers into today’s classrooms must also share my weakness in history. A recent survey found some very disturbing results when it comes to how much students actually know about their past … Continue reading →

Judging Students and the Classroom

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So far I have discussed six personality types placed into three categories. Today will begin the last of the classroom learning style list. The final two personalities, judging and perceiving, describe a person’s life style and work preferences. A judging person prefers to live in a very organized world. He or she needs control of his or her life. This group likes structure, organization, and order. They make decisions and then move on to other issues. Judging persons enjoy completing tasks and getting the job done. They are quick to jump in and begin work on a project. In the … Continue reading →

Feeling Students and the Classroom

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I am thoroughly enjoying discussing the various learning personalities in the classroom. I am also enjoying hearing your comments to the different learning styles. I recently discussed the characteristics of thinking students and their behaviors in the classroom. Those who do not fit into the thinking category most likely belong in the category with feeling students. Feeling people often think about decisions based on how others may be affected. They do not examine facts such as thinking people. They are more likely to act based on instincts and feelings rather than logic. This group often finds it hard to say … Continue reading →

Thinking Students and the Classroom

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Recently, I have been discussing how a child’s personality can affect his or her learning in the classroom. An instrument designed by Meyer and Briggs identifies the different personalities of people. The instrument labels an individual by using four characteristics. The first two characteristics label a person as either being an introvert or an extrovert. The second two labels put people into the categories of being a sensing person or an intuitive person. The third set of personality types are thinking or feeling. In this article, I will describe the actions and thoughts of a thinking person. I will also … Continue reading →

Student-led Parent-Teacher Conferences

In a previous blog, I offered tips for a successful parent-teacher conference. These conferences are designed to facilitate communication between a parent and their child’s teacher. What if students were given the opportunity to participate in or take the lead in parent-teacher conferences? It has been done in several school systems and the results show that when students lead these meetings their overall performance in school improves. A student-led parent-teacher conference encourages students to participate actively in the evaluation of their academic progress. This in turn forces the students to think about and use their own initiative to improve their … Continue reading →