Monthly Archive for June, 2008

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DI success story in BC

Published on 8 June 2008 in Administration, News, Policy, Reading, The press and Written Expression. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

In her story for the Vancouver (BC, CA) Sun Janet Steffenhagen reported about the substantial gains in tool skills shown by students at an inner-city school in Vancouver. Under the headline “School leaps ahead in the rankings: Britiannia elementary principal credits a controversial reading program for students’ remarkable improvement,” Ms. Steffenhagen reported that aggregate scores on Canada’s Foundation Skills Assessment moved Britannia School from 636th rank to 232nd among 1000 schools in BC.
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Podblack Cat

Published on 8 June 2008 in Administration, Musings, News, Policy, Research and The press. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Here’s a “Welcome” to Kylie Sturgess and Podblack Cat. I’m routinely pleased to find folks with whom I share skepticism about the bologna that masquerades as reasoned discourse in education. Because of Ms. Sturgess’ focus on skepticism, education, and science, I’m noting here that I’ve added her site to the blogroll on Teach Effectively.
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Willingham video ii

Published on 7 June 2008 in Administration, News, Policy, Research and The press. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Dan Willingham has posted a revised version of his brief video explaining the relationship between research on brain functioning and education. I referred both faithful readers of Teach Effectively to the original video in this earlier post and I’ve now updated that post with a link to the new video (a link to the old one’s still there, too).

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Reviewing for tests

Published on 3 June 2008 in Assessment, Content learning, News and The press. 0 Comments Tags: , .

For folks who are thinking about teaching students how to study for tests: Under the headline “Step Away From the Highlighter,” JJ Hermes published a brief article on the topic.

Does this sound familiar? Final exams start soon, and the pile of notes, highlighted textbooks and old exams has turned into a mountain.

To help students get through this intense study period, we asked experts to provide tips based on the latest research on memory and learning.

The two experts, one of whom is my colleague Dan Willingham, offer some good recommendations. Here is a list (see the article for explanations):

  • The worst way to study is simply to read over notes
  • Stop indiscriminately highlighting everything you think is important
  • Alternate subjects until two days before the first test
  • Study each subject in blocks, and take a break
  • Don’t give up sleep
  • Study throughout the year

Link to Ms. Hermes’ article.

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