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A School Rooted in Learning Theory

by QPS | May 29, 2019 | Educational Technology, Fluency, Learning Theory, Personalized Learning, Practice, Science of Learning

  Over Memorial Day Weekend several Queens Paideia staff members decamped to Chicago to attend the Association for Behavior Analysis (ABAI) Conference. At this annual event, behavioral scientists, analysts, and other interested parties converge to share their...

Queens Learns–January 12, 2019

by QPS | Dec 21, 2018 | Admissions, Educational Technology, Personalized Learning, School Events, School News

The breaking news is that Queens Paideia is hosting a Winter Open House alongside our neighbors/partners (Sage Music, LICSB, Secret Theatre) and several other education/activity programs in the Court Square area. January 12, 1-5 p.m. at the LIC Art Center, 2nd floor...

Relevance + Fluency = Math without (or with Far Less) Anxiety

by QPS | Dec 13, 2018 | Direct Instruction, Fluency, Math, Personalized Learning, Practice, School News, Skill Building

  All of us have met math phobes—people who are afraid of math and feel that they’re bad at it. Math phobia is almost always acquired in large classroom settings, where any student can fall behind by inadvertently missing a critical skill or concept. Even if a...

The Problem with Teaching Problem Solving

by QPS | Oct 16, 2018 | Personalized Learning, Problem Solving, School News, Skill Building, Talk Aloud Problem Solving, Technology in Education and Personalized Learning, Thinking Skills

The question What are 21st century skills? is often answered by pundits, schools, and for-profit companies with catchy, possibly brand-able, lists. These lists are good clickbait but no substitute for ongoing attention to the timeless and emerging competencies that...

What Parents Need to Know

by QPS | Sep 14, 2018 | Parenting, Personalized Learning, Practice, Problem Solving, School Events, School News

Last night was our annual Parent Orientation. Having done this for almost 10 years, it may surprise some readers that we put a large, critical eye on it every year, as if it’s our first time. Just as we teach our students to ask and answer questions (and to...

Technology in Education and Personalized Learning

by Karyn Slutsky | Jan 17, 2018 | Educational Technology, Personalized Learning, Technology in Education and Personalized Learning

Ongoing series: How QPS regards & uses technology by Karyn Slutsky, Asst. Director, Queens Paideia The drumbeat to get students on to laptops, and online learning, is relentless in popular discussion. Queens Paideia School hears this drumbeat but proceeds with...

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