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...
by QPS | Mar 4, 2019 | Application, Content Knowledge, Fluency, School News, Skill Building
Project-based learning (PBL) is an educational experience in which a student engages in a hands-on, sort-of real-life project. These projects promote development of information and skills, transfer of skills, problem solving, collaborative know-how (group PBL),...
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...