Autistic kids are increasingly being placed in general education classes. What do parents need to know about school programs?
Autistic kids are increasingly being placed in general education classes. What do parents need to know about school programs?
High school students have to memorize a lot of information. What memory strategies are most effective?
I’m a fan of historical movies. And when I look at movies and TV shows over the past few years – Elizabeth I, The Tudors, John Adams, Rome, even 300 – it looks like I’m not alone. Obviously, though, the primary goal of these dramas is entertainment rather than education, and the information presented may [...]
Walk through any elementary school, and you might see wide variations in the styles of the teachers there. You’ll probably find some that are more strict, some that are more friendly, and some that allow their students to call them by their first names! Some teaching styles work better for certain kids than others; students [...]
With a new school year just begun, parents have a number of concerns to deal with. For instance, how will my child adapt to a new class, with a new teacher and students? Or, how can I become involved in his or her education and work with the new teacher? Another thing that parents may [...]
In September 2006, Maclean’s magazine (which might be considered Canada’s version of Time Magazine) ran a cover story with a provocative title: “Homework is Killing Kids (and it’s not making them any smarter either).” Inside was an interview with Alfie Kohn, an outspoken former teacher and author of The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get [...]
For many kids across North America this will week mark the return to school. For children who are typically too young to stay up until midnight when the true new year arrives, September is, for all intents and purposes, the new year. Fittingly, summer is ending and fresh fall winds begin to blow. The first [...]
Many readers would agree that homework time can be stressful – for some kids, schoolwork is frustrating enough that they’ll use almost any tactic to avoid it. Kids with learning problems often find homework to be an especially difficult time. Parents might teach the material in a different way, or using different language than the [...]
As a psychologist who works with children who have trouble at school, I know that, for many families, homework time is not fun. There may be any number of reasons for this, but certainly it’s easy to imagine that children who have learning difficulties might find homework to be frustrating. That’s why I get excited [...]
Reading is perhaps the most fundamental of academic skills. It is essential to progress and success both in school and in the world of work. There are three main competencies that psychologists look at when accessing how well kids read. The first is their ability to decode single words. Whether they are sounding them out [...]
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