A powerful way to end the school year. Plus: a magical summer reading list

on Wednesday, May 30, 2018

A Powerful Way to End the School Year; A Magical Summer Reading List; Optimism Is a Learnable Skill; Why Students Cheat—and What to Do About It |

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May 30, 2018
Reflecting helps students see themselves as successful learners.
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A Powerful Way to End the School Year

Year mapping allows students to see what they've learned in your class, and it's a great resource for your incoming class.



A fun way to fight the summer slide.
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A Magical Summer Reading List

With familiar themes, language, and narrative structures, fairy tales have built-in scaffolds to preserve reader confidence over the summer.



Creating a buffer to stress
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Optimism Is a Learnable Skill

Understanding the differences between pessimism and optimism can help students improve the way they respond to challenges.



It's not always the students you'd expect.
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Why Students Cheat—and What to Do About It

A teacher seeks answers from researchers and psychologists.



Students are losing sleep over homework.
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Getting Student Input on the Burden of Homework

Homework creates a lot of stress for high school students, so a principal searching for solutions brought them into the conversation.





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This week's newsletter focuses on the consumer insight Biometric Cafe. Today's ever-competitive retail landscape demands accelerated and unique experiences for consumers. In the realm of casual dining, many brands are focusing on ways to customize and enhance the payment experience through facial recognition and fingerprint reading.

One Nordic payment provider is exploring the option to pay using a system that recognizes finger-veins, getting rid of the need for credit cards and even mobile payment.

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