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...
by QPS | Nov 28, 2018 | Direct Instruction, English Language Arts, Reading, School News, Science of Learning, Skill Building
Yesterday, Iowa Reading Research Center posted a very good blog article by Anna Gibbs, M.S., Deborah K. Reed, PhD, and Leah Zimmermann, M.Ed., on the necessity of including phonics in reading instruction because “understanding of how language sounds are...
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...
by QPS | Aug 15, 2018 | Practice, Problem Solving, School News, Skill Building, Thinking Skills
This summer, scorching temperatures have turned Queens’ quasi-shaded sidewalks into large rectangular frying pans, and frequent, extended rains make many of us wonder not if there is climate change, but how fast it’s happening. It is often too hot to be...
