The Problem with On-line Instruction

As stated in a previous blog, “One of the main challenges (if not the biggest challenge) of conducting virtual lessons is their impersonal nature.”  Engaging students when they participate in a virtual classroom can be daunting. The non-contingent interactions that...

Another Look at Homework

  The fall school term brings with it different practices regarding homework. In fact, the homework debate  has been raging for more than 100 years.  “The attitudes about homework undergo changes every few decades, depending on the current trends in society....

Dumbing Down?

A previous blog presented the theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence:  “Fluid intelligence involves the ability to reason and think flexibly, whereas crystallized intelligence refers to the accumulation of knowledge, facts, and skills that are acquired...
Laura Maniglia