Flash Math kits are one of the tools we’ve been making for our own classes, and we decided to make a set to put on KC for Pay What You Want (PWYW) pricing. This post is an introduction to both the Flash Math kits and the concept of PWYW pricing […]
The Learning Habit: A Groundbreaking Approach to Homework and Parenting that Helps Our Children Succeed in School and Life by Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked up The Learning Habit in hopes of gaining some insight as to how to help parents help their kids how […]
Remember when the world used to be magical to our young minds? There was a time when all of us added one thing to another just to see what would happen. Sometimes it was exciting, other times it was lame. Even the times nothing happened didn’t dampen our spirits and […]
In your average school, education has become a struggle for teachers to teach and for students to stay interested, let alone keep ahead of the curve. Yet, there is a cry for these kids to stay on top of things not only to get a decent job, but also so […]
Do you remember sitting in a class you didn’t particularly care about, bored out of your mind to the point of distraction? Of course you do. We all had classes like that. For me it was English class. I had already read all the books they assigned to read, already […]
While teaching at a science education class at Purdue University, the class showed us several popular myths of science that are ingrained in society. While tutoring this week, I decided to test the myth of theories. Why do people use this word wrong, and when does the wrong use of it […]
I once taught under a professor named Dean Ballotti. He was interesting because he had a Ph.D. and years of experience in geology, but later went back to school and got a degree in teaching. He instructed his classes to teach with a philosophy that centred around banishing the myths […]