No benefit to hands-on learning in college physics?
Physics experiments are hands-on. The pedagogical goal of learning physics may not be served, but certain labs still have value.
Curriculum & Instruction
We ask your help in developing our wiki
We need your help on a wiki (like Wikipedia) that we intend to use to draw out the complete narrative for high schools.
Don’t make C.T.E. a case of ‘pep without purpose’
Career and technical education programs in high school are great: they serve a focused need for vocational training. Don't stop there.
Students in rural Ark. can ‘phone a friend’
Do you know people in your community, graduates of your high school, who would make good "Phone a Friend" volunteer mentors? Give 'em a call.
4 high school programs in Md., IL, … can really cook
Only 4 high school programs in the country, including 1 in IL and 1 in Md., have achieved exemplary status for their culinary arts programs.
AP, IB, and the pros of rigorous high school study
Taking more rigorous courses in high school, such as AP courses or the IB programme, makes for more challenge, less boredom, and other benefits.
FAIL: Mythbusting about learning styles
We look, once again, at teen learning styles & propose that, while they are neuromyths, they can help instruction.
Flaw emerges in the theory of learning styles
No support for education "experts" who think tailoring instruction based on "Learning Styles" (visual, auditory, tactile, etc.) actually works.
Reducing sexual harassment in middle school
Many middle schoolers are bullied, and if bullying is also sexual harassment, it can be hard to overcome, esp. for girls.
Kids do better if teachers like the parents
If parents are more involved, as in coming to more parent-teacher conferences, etc., the kids tend to perform better in school, new research suggests.