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Challenging the Birthday Plan

by Laura Maniglia | Jul 2, 2024 | brain development, Child development, cognitive skills, differentiation, instruction, learning, parents, public schools, student engagement, students

The vast majority of US schools arrange students by chronological age: children usually start kindergarten by age 5 or 6 and remain with their age-mates until grade 12. “Most schools use age-based grade levels because of historical legacy. In the mid-1800s (before we...

Recess is Vital!

by Laura Maniglia | Jun 18, 2024 | academic standing, active learning, attention & focus, brain development, cognitive skills, exercise, instruction, kindergarten, learning, parents, public schools, recess, student engagement, students, teachers

A positive correlation exists between physical activity and cognitive development. Government health guidelines recommend sixty minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day. Yet most children do not meet that guideline. “Recess, a regularly...

Dyscalculia?

by Laura Maniglia | Feb 2, 2024 | academic standing, attention & focus, brain development, Child development, cognitive skills, instruction, math, parents, students, teachers

Many people know about dyslexia, the learning disorder that involves reading difficulty. However, less known is another learning disorder related to math: dyscalculia. This learning difficulty involves brain areas that handle math and number-related skills and...

Update: Reading Print or Digital

by Laura Maniglia | Dec 31, 2023 | active learning, attention & focus, brain development, cognitive skills, learning, metacognition, parents, reading, students, study skills

The choice to read on print or screen has been the subject of interest for several years. The benefits of one delivery system over the other appears negligible for pleasure reading. The selection of one reading mode over the other “is inconsequential when interest is...

A Late Report Card

by Laura Maniglia | May 24, 2023 | academic standing, grading system, instruction, learning, NAEP, parents, public schools, reading, students, teacher effectiveness, teachers, testing

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the Nation’s Report Card, has been the subject of previous blogs. The test is usually administered every two years, on odd numbered years, to a “sample of students who represent the student population...

Dumbing Down?

by Laura Maniglia | Apr 1, 2023 | academic standing, attention & focus, brain development, Child development, cognitive skills, homeschooling, homework, instruction, intelligence, language, learning, math, NAEP, parents, PISA, public schools, reading, students, teacher effectiveness, teacher training, teachers, testing

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...

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Challenging the Birthday Plan

Recess is Vital!

Dyscalculia?

Update: Reading Print or Digital

A Late Report Card

Dumbing Down?

If schools were permitted to have just one training, this is the one!