Credit: Jim West / Alamy Stock Photo Helping students regain their calm after misbehavior doesn't mean there are no consequences—it ensures that the right lesson is learned. Credit: George Lucas Educational Foundation Experts argue that recess is necessary for a child's social and academic development, and skipping it as punishment for misbehavior or to accommodate more seat time is a serious mistake. Credit: Stefanie Angele / Shutterstock A simple fill-in-the-blank exercise helped students understand the power of words and the way they might convey unspoken beliefs. Credit: Illustration by Arsh Raziuddin for Edutopia / Boonchuay1970 / Peshkova / robynmac / monkeybusinessimages / iStock How much background knowledge is needed to understand a piece of text? New research appears to discover the tipping point. Credit: MBI / Alamy Stock Photo Using sentence stems to scaffold classroom discussions guides students to speak, actively listen, and build on each others' ideas. |
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