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The 3 R’s? A Fourth Is Critical, Too: Recess By Tara Parker-PopeThe New York Times February 23, 2009 The best way to improve children’s performance in the classroom may be to take them out of it. A study published this month in the journal Pediatrics studied the links between recess and classroom behavior among about 11,000 children age 8 and 9. The lead researcher, Dr. “Sometimes you need data published for people at the educational level to start believing it has an impact,” she said. And many children are not getting that break. Also, teachers often punish children by taking away recess privileges. Last month, Harvard researchers reported in The Journal of School Health that the more physical fitness tests children passed, the better they did on academic tests. A small study of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder last year found that walks outdoors appeared to improve scores on tests of attention and concentration. Directed attention is a limited resource. Dr. Sen.
Association for Experiential Education: A community of progressive educators and practitioners. - What is Experiential Education?
What is Experiential Education? Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may remember. Defining the work we do, the values we hold and the principles that guide us is part of the experience of being a life-long learner and an active member of the Association for Experiential Education. Experiential education is a philosophy that informs many methodologies in which educators purposefully engage with learners in direct experience and focused reflection in order to increase knowledge, develop skills, clarify values, and develop people's capacity to contribute to their communities. Am I an Experiential Educator? Experiential education is often utilized in many other disciplines: Non-formal education Place-based education Project-based education Hands-on Global education Environmental education Student-centered education Informal education Active learning Service learning Cooperative learning Expeditionary learning The principles1 of experiential education practice are:
Institute for Brain Sciences - Cooper, Harris - Ph.D. | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences | Brain Research
Professor and Chair Psychology & Neuroscience, Arts & Sciences DIBS Faculty, Member, DIBS Chairs & Directors Advisory Council Research Description My research interests follow two paths. I am also interested in the application of social and developmental psychology to educational policy issues. Education Ph.D., University of Connecticut, Social Psychology, 1975 M.A., University of Connecticut, Psychology, 1974 B.A., SUNY at Stony Brook, Psychology and Sociology, 1972 Recent Publications Cooper, H. (2009). Cooper, H., Hedges, L.
75 questions to ask yourself
An old proverb says, “He that cannot ask cannot live.” If you want answers you have to ask questions. These are 75 questions you should ask yourself and try to answer. You can ask yourself these questions right now and over the course of your life. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. Photos by e-magic and -bast- - 50 unconventional things to do in your lifetime - 50 things to say before you die - 20 Websites That Can Change Your Life
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What Your Body Already Knows
Reward and Reinforcement Anyone who’s been within 50 yards of a clinical psychologist has heard the terms reward and reinforcement . And it’s fairly common knowledge that the neurotransmitter which supports the experience of reward is dopamine . But what’s the subjective human experience of dopamine? What does dopamine feel like? Here’s a remarkable summary of an emerging understanding of dopamine as not only the neurotransmitter of reward, but also of motivation . Notice we aren’t inquiring here into what motivates your siblings, or the people in your zip code. If everyone around you seems motivated by a wind-in-their-hair, living-on-the-edge adventurous kind of state, but you thrive on predictable comfortable routines, then I could probably offer some general advice on how to structure your weekends and free time. I cannot tell you whether getting married at age 21, or a weekend of white water rafting, or an accelerated MBA program is the right use of your time and energy.
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Augmented Reality Game Lets Kids Be the Scientists | 'Vanished' Game Mixes Online and Real Worlds | Science Education
President Barack Obama may have urged Americans to celebrate science fair winners as if they were Super Bowl champions during his 2011 State of the Union address, but American students still struggle with science. Now, researchers hope to ignite kids' interest in science by drawing them into an activity long loved by children: computer games. On April 4, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Smithsonian Institution plan to launch a first-of-its-kind "curated game" — funded by the National Science Foundation — that's designed to give middle-school students a peak into the process of science. The game, called "Vanished," is an environmental mystery game with a science-fiction twist, said Scot Osterweil, a game developer and creative director of MIT's Education Arcade. It's also an "augmented reality" game, meaning kids will do real-world experiments and activities that mesh with the fiction of the game. Collaborative game play Doing science online
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Brain scans support findings that IQ can rise or fall significantly during adolescence
IQ, the standard measure of intelligence, can increase or fall significantly during our teenage years, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust, and these changes are associated with changes to the structure of our brains. The findings may have implications for testing and streaming of children during their school years. Across our lifetime, our intellectual ability is considered to be stable, with intelligence quotient (IQ) scores taken at one point in time used to predict educational achievement and employment prospects later in life. However, in a study published October 20 in the journal Nature, researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London) and the Centre for Educational Neuroscience show for the first time that, in fact, our IQ is not constant. The researchers, led by Professor Cathy Price, tested 33 healthy adolescents in 2004 when they were between the ages of 12 and 16 years.
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