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Two New Links on Learning

The Learning Journal Via SeeSaw

Sharon Davison and colleagues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEOISp6Cp68&feature=youtu.be

 

This article looks at students’ “grit” or determination to learn. It explains how the NAEP will begin to collect student data. Meta-cognition is finally coming to the front! Enjoy! Courtesy of ASCD SmartBrief.

NAEP exam to collect data on “grit” in 2017

Via Darlene’s blog

http://dbassett.blogspot.com/2015/07/this-article-looks-at-students-grit-or.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReflectionsOnMeta-cognition-ForEducatorsByEducators+%28Reflections+on+Meta-cognition+-+For+Educators+by+Educators%29

 

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How Well Do You Know Your Students?

School neuroscience unleashes students’ brain power

Districts deploy the science of learning to engage students, close achievement gaps and overcome disabilities By: Matt Zalaznick

Neuroscience-based software has helped educators in Kentucky’s Boone County Schools better pinpoint students’ strengths and weaknesses.

http://www.districtadministration.com/article/neuroscience-builds-students-brain-power

An excerpt:

”Educational neuroscience empowers teachers with new insights into how all students learn and holds promise for enhancing special ed, but myths and exaggerations sprouting up around the burgeoning field could lead to children being labeled, which could limit their abilities, experts say.

Recent neuroscience research has debunked some popular modern education concepts but reinforced others as more is understood about how learning changes the brain physically, says Daniel Ansari, a cognitive neuroscientist at The University of Western Ontario and a director of the International Mind, Brain and Education Society.

“The notion of personalized education is consistent with neuroscience, just not in the way we have carved up individual differences—such as visual learner or right- and left-brain learners,” Ansari says. “We need better measures to differentiate learners.”

 

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A Holistic Approach to Learning

Beyond Academics: What a Holistic Approach to Learning Could Look Like

By Katrina Schwartz July 6, 2015

A brief excerpt:

“From a child’s perspective, school, extracurricular activities and home are part of the continuous experience of life. From the perspective of teachers, coaches and parents, those experiences may seem more differentiated and are thus treated separately. However, if the adults in a child’s life approach his or her growth as a collaboration following a clear developmental path, every child will have a better chance at a life filled with choices and the skills to achieve goals, according to a report……”

“The report identified three “key factors” that young people need to be successful. Many programs that focus on closing the equity gap only address educational attainment. But through research and interviews with both experts and youth, the CCSR researchers have developed a broader definition of success that includes young people becoming aware of themselves and the wide range options available to them, while developing the competencies to pursue those options and make good decisions as citizens of the world.

” Agency, Integrated Identity and Competencies

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/07/06/beyond-academics-what-a-holistic-approach-to-learning-could-look-like/

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