Mar
03
Ah! I’ve been telling my students this for years, and now there’s proof: the best way to study for a recall test is to give yourself practice tests. The article “Getting tested is better for studying than concept mapping,” posted on TheNakedScientists.com, highlights research done at Purdue University. My favorite line: “So if you want …
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Mar
02
While exploring the various podcasts on my new BlackBerry, I came across “Ask a Ninja.” I thought it might give me some bit of warrior knowledge that I could dangle in front of my elementary and middle school boy students. Indeed, I found an episode entitled “Call of Duty VS Halo.” http://www.askaninja.com/video/5628347-ask-a-ninja-call-of-duty-vs-halo Albeit silly, this …
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Dec
09
Word problems, including ratios, can be chilling assignments if you don’t understand how to break them down. Ratios can be quickly bungled if you rush. But, do just a tad more writing and they’re simple to solve. Speaking academically, ratio word problems show up in elementary homework, SAT/ACT exams, college matriculation tests, the GED, and corporate …
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Dec
07
My primary through high school students often sigh, “Why are they torturing me with this writing assignment?” I know there’s a long tunnel between the basic five-sentence paragraph in primary school, the mind-wrenching AP English essay, the rapid fire SAT writing sample, and an adult presentation. But the skills and demands remain the same: make …
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Aug
18
The poor little comma seems to cause some people great angst. Jane Straus’s website, GrammarBook.com, offers a clean list of comma uses and a quiz to identify correct comma usage. This quiz offers a review of commas in simple sentences. You’ll find a review of commas in longer, more complicated sentences at Robin L. Simmons’s site …
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