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The Problem with Believing in Innate Talent
“It’s OK, some people just aren’t good at math”. We’ve all heard this before. In…
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Do metaphors make learning a piece of cake?
At first glance, metaphor and science might seem to inhabit opposite ends of the things-we-learn-in-school…
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Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful...
Many middle and high school students are exhausted, stressed, tempted by maladaptive behaviors, and not necessarily…
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Meta-Learning: The Importance of Thinking about Thinking
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write,…
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Family Matters: Do Obligations Encourage Teens to Play it Safe?
The teenage years have long been described as a period of “storm and stress.” It’s…
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Mindfulness in the Classroom: What’s All the Buzz About?
“Mindfulness” is a buzzword popping up everywhere from the New York Times, prestigious science and…
How to Recognize PTSD in the Classroom… And Why it...
I recently watched a Ted Talk1 by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris where she addressed the effects…
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Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master...
Do your schools and learning communities promote curiosity, innovation, collaboration, empathy, determination, and analytic thinking?…
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The Difference Between Science and Science-Sounding Solutions
From the moment a child is born (and in some cases even before), their environment…
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