Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns. A student takes notes at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington D.C.
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Do teachers really know what students go through? To find out, one teacher followed two students for two days and was amazed at what she found. Her report is in following post, which appeared on the blog of Grant Wiggins, the co-author of “Understanding by Design” and the author of “Educative Assessment” and numerous articles on education. A high school teacher for 14 years, he is now the president of Authentic Education, in Hopewell, New Jersey, which provides professional development and other services to schools aimed at improving student learning.
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More Active Play Equals Better Thinking Skills For Kids. Good for bodies and good for brains, the scientists say.
iStockphoto hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto Good for bodies and good for brains, the scientists say. iStockphoto As schools cut down on physical education and recess, kids are spending more time than ever in a desk. "If you consider the anthropology of humankind, we were designed to move," Charles Hillman, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tells Shots. Hillman and colleagues have added more evidence as to how activity helps kids. The researchers looked at a nine-month after-school program, called Fitness Improves Thinking in Kids (FITKids) at the University of Illinois. Brain activity during the multitasking test for active kids (left) and non-active kids (right).
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