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Direct linkRagatz, Carolyn; Ragatz, Zach – Parenting for High Potential, 2018
Why encourage children to play board games? In the increasing disconnect of our digital lives, playing games provides a way to connect and relate with others on a human level. Strategy and role-playing games provide intellectual challenges and stretch creativity to keep the gifted mind engaged in solving problems. At the same time, the players…
Descriptors: Games, Role Playing, Gifted, Children
Download full textMorrow, C.; McIntyre, N. – Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2019
"Autism at-a-Glance" is a series of practitioner and family-friendly documents created by the Center on Secondary Education for Students with ASD (CSESA) designed for high school staff members supporting students on the autism spectrum, as well as family members of adolescents with ASD. The purpose of the "Autism at-a-Glance"…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, High School Students, Adolescents
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2011
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Learning Strategies, Student Participation, National Surveys
Cunningham, Anne E.; Zibulsky, Jamie – Oxford University Press, 2014
Authored by two passionate psychologists and educators, "Book Smart: How to Develop and Support Successful, Motivated Readers" is a how-to guide rich with stories, lessons, activities, and ideas aimed at supporting reading development and addressing the broad range of interpersonal, social, emotional, and motivational skills that can be…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Strategies, Oral Language
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2012
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "The Digital Learning Imperative": New Alliance Report Shows How Digital Learning Connects Technology and Teaching to Meet…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Literacy, Teaching Methods
Wolk, Susan – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The purpose of this article is to provide teachers, tutors and parents with an effective and enjoyable approach to practicing reading fluency, increasing comprehension and encouraging the joy of reading, based on the theories and methods of Sally L. Smith. This method can be applied and adapted to individual student's needs. Sally Smith, the…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Mahone, Mark E.; Silverman, Wayne – Exceptional Parent, 2008
Today, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common and most studied psychiatric disorder of childhood, affecting approximately five percent of school-aged children. That means that there are probably at least two children with ADHD in any average elementary school class. In the last 20 years, there has been an explosion in…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Children
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book guides parents and children in developing strategies to figure out words. The first chapter, Skills for Identifying Words, presents general strategies for making sense of words, and for using the eyes and ears to identify words. The first chapter also offers listening and visual exercises. The second chapter, Using Phonics To Identify…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Decoding (Reading), Early Childhood Education
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book offers suggestions to help parents make their children successful readers and learners. The first chapter, Getting Started, discusses setting an example, being a tutor, creating a positive environment, and letting children be the stars. The second chapter, The Reading Process: Building Meaning, discusses setting a purpose, stages of the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Learning Activities, Parents as Teachers
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book provides directions and sample activities to help parents teach their children to follow an easy system for study reading: set clear purposes for study; ask targeted questions; read quickly for specific information; summarize effectively; and gather information from charts and tables. The first section, Flexibility and Reading Speed,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Charts, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking
Clinard, Linda McCorkel – 1997
Intended for parents of children in Kindergarten through Grade 2, this book explains 10 keys to literacy that ensure reading success, the 5 major influences on a child's overall academic success, and how reading skills can be affected by attitude and expectations. The book provides ideas for ways to help a child become a better thinker, listener,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Emergent Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Activities
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book examines ways parents can use their child's interests to develop positive reading attitudes, read aloud to their child, and select books for children--with the goal of developing life-long readers. The first chapter, Creating Interest and Positive Attitudes, discusses developing an early interest in reading, the "language story"…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childrens Literature, Critical Thinking, Early Childhood Education
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This short book gives an overview of a curriculum plan, a plan to develop the kind of learners that young children should become. The purpose of this self-directed learner curriculum is to help parents and educators guide young learners so they become capable, purposeful, responsible citizens. It provides an outline of the steps needed to develop…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1985
Intended for parents of fifth grade children who are participating in Chapter 1 programs, the learning activities in this booklet give children practice with reading and writing. Among the language skills covered are (1) vocabulary in context; (2) phonetic analysis--consonant sounds and letters; (3) structural analysis--root word endings,…
Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1985
Intended for parents of fourth grade children who are participating in Chapter 1 programs that support basic skills education, the learning activities in this booklet give children practice with reading and writing. Among the language skills covered in the activities are (1) vocabulary (in context, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, homographs,…
Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
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