Ideas for Applying Successful Learning Strategies to Self-Advocacy

October 5, 2017 A few years back I wrote a post about a great book that pulled together the research and strategies on how we learn best. Research showed that retrieval practice is the best way to learn material.  What does that mean?  Retrieval practice happens when a student answers questions about material to be learned […]

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The Dot by Peter Reynolds

9/5/16 Have you read this great book with any of your students?  Many years ago I observed that some of my students had very negative self-talk.  Last week a teacher of one of my 4th graders told me the student said to him “I am the dumbest kid in the 4th grade”.  This breaks my […]

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Make it Stick (originally published September 28, 2014)

  Have you read this great book yet?  Here’s a summary of study strategies proven by research to work! Make It Stick:  The Science of Successful Learning By Peter Brown, Henry Roediger, Mark McDaniel        2014  Retrieval practice should be the primary study strategy.  This means self-quizzing, retrieving knowledge and skill from memory.       […]

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Reign of Error (originally published January 18, 2014)

Have you read Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch (2013)?  It was quite an eye opening read for me.  The beginning chapters demonstrated with charts, data and quotes from speeches and policies how corporations were formed, grew and profited with the comprehensive support of legislators, donations from private funds, corporations, and individuals all in the […]

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Standardized Testing with Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students (originally published January 1, 2014)

Have you ever had someone tell you that you cannot give tests standardized on typical hearing children to DHH students?  I have been told that. Here is one study that refutes that claim for two tests. Mi-young Webb, Amy Lederberg,  Measuring Phonological Awareness in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, published […]

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