What the Best College Students Do An article on Time.com, by Annie Murphy Paul, and based on the work of Ken Bain, provides a useful list of 8 traits that Mr. Bain's research found were common in highly successful college students According to Mr. Bain, the first...
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Kids Master Mathematics When They’re Challenged But Supported
Math test scores soar if students are given the chance to struggle. New Jersey teachers have found a surprising way to keep students engaged and successful: They let underachieving youngsters get frustrated by math. Read the full article on the Edutopia website.
Hilarious Physics Lessons!
Check out this extremely funny look at the laws of physics by Christoph Niemann of The New York Times. This is a great way for students to learn or reinforce their knowledge of the basics of physics. Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, designer and author whose work...
Don’t Forget To Write!
Writing is the most complex activity that most students will encounter during their years in school. If you stop to think about it, writing requires students to bring to bear a wide variety of different skills, all at the same time. Here are just some of the skills...
Mathematics Explained!
Steven Strogatz, a professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University, has a wonderful series of essays in the Opinionator section of the New York Times website. Strogatz attempts to explain some of the more fundamental concepts of mathematics in terms...
March 2010 Newsletter
Click here to read the March 2010 A+ Newsletter In This Issue Z-Z-Z: The Benefits of Napping A study done at the University of California, Berkeley, by a team headed by Matthew Walker, focused on whether napping prior to learning helps us store information better...
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