Yearly Archives: 2008

No Child Left Out: Making School Work for Everyone

By Eva Chen 12/20/2008 04:42 pm | Add a Comment

With the efforts of HGSE lecturer David Rose and scientists at the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), there is now growing recognition that the disability may arise from the curriculum, not the student, and that the curriculum frequently poses unnecessary difficulties to all students in the classroom. Read More…

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Developing Flexibility in Mathematical Problem Solving

By Amy Magin Wong 12/04/2008 10:54 am | Add a Comment

HGSE Assistant Professor Jon Star has found that comparing and contrasting alternative solution methods side by side—as opposed to studying multiple methods sequentially—leads to greater gains in procedural knowledge and flexibility. Read More…

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If You Can’t See It, Feel It, or Taste It, How Can You Learn About It?

By Maria Fusaro 05/29/2008 04:41 pm | 1 Comment

This feature highlights work by Professor Paul Harris and his colleagues examining how children learn about non-observable entities based on how other people talk about them. Read More…

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Data-driven Teaching

By newseditor 05/29/2008 04:38 pm | Add a Comment

With the current focus on data-driven decision-making, leaders at all levels of education are expected to make informed choices about what kind of data is useful, how to collect it, and how to apply it in improving daily instruction. Read More…

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Connections, Consequences, and Understanding

By Ruth E.C. Prince 05/29/2008 04:37 pm | Add a Comment

Students in science classrooms commonly offer explanations that are based upon directly observable linear patterns. However, Assistant Professor Tina Grotzer suggests that scientific thinking requires students to go beyond linear patterns, and to make more complex assumptions about cause and effect. Read More…

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Growing Up Globally

By Ruth E.C. Prince 05/29/2008 04:31 pm | Add a Comment

Fernando Reimers – Professor of Education and Director of HGSE’s International Education Policy program – stresses the importance of teaching tolerance and global values, as well as developing foreign language skills and knowledge of world history, cultures and geography. Read More…

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Origins of a Framework for Effective Practice

By newseditor 05/29/2008 04:29 pm | Add a Comment

Good ideas often arise out of collaboration among reflective people. Such is the case with the Teaching for Understanding framework. Read More…

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All For One: Tracking the Course of China’s “Perfect” Generation

By Deborah Blagg 05/29/2008 04:26 pm | Add a Comment

Assistant Professor Vanessa Fong’s longitudinal study is looking at the experiences of a cohort of Chinese only-children as they enter adulthood and confront the challenges that will shape their country’s future. Read More…

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What’s the Brain Got to Do with It?

By Maria Fusaro 05/29/2008 04:12 pm | Add a Comment

What does the brain have to do with learning? Professor Kurt Fischer offers a powerful explanation: behavior and the brain change in a repeating pattern that appears to involve common growth cycles. Read More…

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Building a New Structure for School Leadership

By Elizabeth Gehrman 05/29/2008 04:01 pm | 1 Comment

Unless there is a radical change in the structure of school leadership, few schools will be able to rise to the challenge of enabling all students to meet high standards, says Professor Richard Elmore. Read More…

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