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SAT changes AGAIN!

by Laura Maniglia | Mar 29, 2022 | academic standing, cognitive skills, language, learning, metacognition, testing, writing

The College Board recently announced that the SAT will discontinue the optional essay. Their reason for the change: adapting to the “ new realities and changes to the college admissions process . . . and to reduce demands on students.” Curiously, a 2006 College...

It’s Quiz Time!

by Laura Maniglia | Mar 19, 2022 | academic standing, active learning, attention & focus, classroom management, cognitive skills, instruction, learning, metacognition, retrieval practice, study skills

In order for teachers to evaluate their students’ learning, they usually schedule assessments. However, not all assessments are equally valuable for learning. High stakes testing such as midterms, end-terms, and standardized tests do little to aid either teaching or...

More Rigor

by Laura Maniglia | Mar 6, 2022 | academic standing, active learning, attention & focus, cognitive skills, instruction, learning, note-taking, teachers

Previous blogs centered on strategies that enhance learning, which include interleaving, spacing, and retrieval. These are examples of “desirable difficulties,” the concept that students need tasks that challenge them to the right degree in order to learn best. They...

Focus on the Individual!

by Laura Maniglia | Jan 14, 2022 | academic standing, attention & focus, differentiation, homeschooling, instruction, learning, parents, public schools, student engagement, teacher effectiveness, teacher training

A previous blog centered on ability grouping and objections to it based on its possible negative impact on struggling students. However, other classroom arrangements such as Skill-based learning can address differing student needs including ability level, interests,...

Testing and Learning

by Laura Maniglia | Dec 16, 2021 | academic standing, active learning, attention & focus, cognitive skills, instruction, learning, public schools, reading, student engagement, study skills

Practice tests enhance learning. “Pretesting involves taking tests before to-be-learned information is studied, whereas post-testing involves taking tests after information is studied.” What are the benefits of each? Should instructors test students before they are...

The Value of Homework

by Laura Maniglia | Nov 29, 2021 | academic standing, active learning, attention & focus, cognitive skills, homework, instruction, learning, reading, student engagement, students, study skills, teacher effectiveness

Homework has been the subject of debate since the nineteenth century. Attitudes about homework undergo changes every few decades, depending on the current trends in society. Perspectives range from homework causing undue stress (1930’s, ‘60’s, 2000’s) to...

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