Teach Effectively!

At the Division for Learning Disabilities conference in Charleston (SC; US), Paul Morgan of Pennsylvania State University provided a workshop about Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) for arithmetic instruction for young children. In his presentation he gave particiapting teachers an overview of the research supporting the use of PALS (there is a lot of empirical evidence demonstrating PALS’s beneficial effects on children’s performance) as well explicit training about how to implement Math PALS activities (they got to practice the activities and receive feedback).

The picture shows Paul responding to a question. People interested in obtaining PALS materials may order them from the PALS Website at Vanderbilt University. I hope to have an brief version of Paul’s presentation available at TeachingLD.org