illza

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by illza 10y ago
Much of the research states otherwise. While there are certainly instances of your anecdote that do occur, the rule seems to be that higher achieving students function better with those at their level than with those beneath them. And, ev
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by illza 10y ago
How many nba players do you think spent years working on layups and nothing else? The push themselves. They work on what they're not good at yet, and in doing that, improve at the things they already are. Spending years going to clas
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by illza 10y ago
I've never understood the reasoning that administration and teachers put forth that the smart and "gifted" need to set an example for the other kids. A student is at school to be taught, not to set an example and teach the o
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by illza 11y ago
Thanks!
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by illza 11y ago
So, in other words, kids who delay kindergarten (and had another full year of pre-K in-leiu) tended to do better at sitting still in a classroom after a full year of practice than kids who didn't get that year of practice?
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by illza 11y ago
Well, their reasoning may be faulty, but I'm not entirely sure the result is wrong. In my opinion, computers should be avoided (in schools) when the teachers have no idea what they're doing or how they're doing it. There&#x
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by illza 11y ago
Oh they do, depending on how you define "mature". The primary difference isn't really an age thing though. Typically, girls in classrooms are perfectly happy to sit still and listen. Boys, not so much. Obviously, this isn
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by illza 11y ago
My now-6-year-old learned to count backwards before he could count forward. Rockets! I've definitely been happy with some of the concepts that are taught early (like 0) and not quite so happy with some others. But, I've mostly w
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by illza 11y ago
It heavily depends on previous experience. Whether the child is taught at home or attends a pre-school and what that pre-school is trying to teach. Education is a bit of a passion of mine even though I'm not a teacher (of other peopl
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by illza 11y ago
Similar to just about anything I read these days about parenting, I found some things I agreed with and a few that I don't. What has always been troubling to me however, is "our" (society, media, whomever) propensity to blam
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by illza 12y ago
There are some limitations still, but ubuntu juju [1] was the first thing that came to mind that somewhat fulfills the requirements. [1] https://juju.ubuntu.com/