So your child is that smart, a high-riding, high IQ, straight A’s academic cowboy! Cool that, but how’s that maturity thing going? The peak age for absorbing new information is age 18. The peak age for assessing the emotional state of others is 40. It makes sense, as our developmental years are for learning, testing, and … Continue reading What’s your student’s emotional IQ? Maturity, Emotional Intelligence & Salesmanship→
Turns out that a friend really can help. An important study was released by Gallup: When it comes to being engaged at work and experiencing high well-being after graduation, a new Gallup-Purdue University study of college graduates shows that the type of institution they attended matters less than what they experienced there. Yet, just 3% … Continue reading Mentoring students for a lifetime of success→
Your brain is a web. Cramming is just a strand. Learning is the entire web. Cramming is compartmentalized memorization, while learning is a series of connected memories. Here’s an extreme example: Recently a highly conscientious student joined the A+ Club, troubled over her difficulties in math and science. Turns out the student was memorizing solutions … Continue reading Learning for the long term: actual content retention versus cramming for the test→
Testing issues? You understand it in class, but not when you have to do it on the test? You do all your homework, but then the teacher pops a question you never saw before? Actually, you test precisely as well as you learn. Nice try, though. We hear this from parents as much as from … Continue reading “I don’t test well” — or do you just not prepare enough?→
Welcome back to the late work game! First semester is up and teachers and students across the country are recovering from that last minute freak out: get that missing work in! Stressed kids near collapse trying to dig something out, anything to get the grades up. Desperate teachers giving up all pretense of syllabus rules … Continue reading The Late Work Game: teachers, do you want missing work, late work — or no work at all?→
Today’s podcast, Bromley discusses the key ideas behind the blog post: How do I get better grades? Five easy steps to improve your grades The key to goal setting and improvement is breaking it down into little steps that can be accomplished and measured every day. Student Success Podcast No. 21, Jan. 7, 2015
We call them “short cuts.” I don’t know why. If the long way isn’t necessary, why take it? Kids sure won’t. So teachers, are you just setting up unwanted shortcuts, or are you creating useful, relevant paths for your students?
What’s your excuse? I mean, everyone has one, don’t they? Interviewing students for our A+ Club student support service, we’ve heard some really good ones: “I loaned my book and he never gave it back.” “My computer doesn’t work.” “I lost my calculator.” And the ever popular… “I hate that teacher.”
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