Blogs can drive Civic Memorial students to success
Can a group of blogging freshmen in IL find the answer to what motivates students everywhere to success? One English teacher hopes they can.
Language Arts
Foreign language takes some emotion out of decisions
Does it matter if the background of a decision is presented in a language that’s not your native tongue? Does emotion still play a role?
Bilingualism is no great challenge for toddlers
Cognitive advantages have been noted in previous research for bilingual children and adults. Studying how babies process 2 languages holds keys.
An astrophysicist asks why we ask, Why?
Scientists are curious people indeed, but all humans are naturally curious about something. What about us makes us that way?
Storytelling, reading achievement link is complex
Esp. for African-American boys, storytelling ability seems linked to the trajectory of reading achievement in elementary school.
Special ed needs to focus better for reading
Reading and spelling difficulties could play an important role in determining what special education services young students may need.
It works to teach reading by phonics
Young readers comprehend just as well by learning with a phonics-only approach, rather than whole-word meanings, new research suggests.
Genetics may predict a child’s reading ability
A London study has used a genetic scoring technique to predict reading performance throughout school years from DNA alone.
In conversations, students sure do curse a lot
People who swear may filter their words less, but new research suggests they’re also more honest, because they filter their thoughts less too.
Is news media an enemy of the people?
Pres. Trump called dishonest news media an “enemy of the people.” It’s an interesting choice of terms, but presidential rhetoric has been very interesting of late.