International Dyslexia Association :Dysgraphia is a learning disability that affects a child’s handwriting. Children with dysgraphia usually have other problems...
Keren Perles :It’s report card season and your child comes home with a report card filled with phrases like “easily...
Kate Walsh :(From previous issue)This improbable feat, not unlike the transformation of Pinocchio from puppet to real boy, is accomplished as candidates reveal their feelings and attitudes through abundant in-class dialogue and by keeping a journal. From these activities is born each teacher’s unique philosophy of teaching and learning.There is also a strong social-justice component to teacher education, with teachers cast as “activists committed to diminishing the inequities of American society.” That vision of a teacher is seen by a...
Linda LW :There are times during the year when students are very excited about learning. One of those times is...
Ranjit Podder :English and Foreign Languages University (EFL-U) in Hyderabad in India is the only university in the world that...
Kate Walsh : (From previous issue) Most faculty contracts contain language modeled on the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure. Contractual promises are legally binding, and AAUP’s policy on academic freedom holds that professors should have complete freedom to teach any topic, other than those that “suggest disciplinary incompetence.” Ideas are wrong only if they are rejected by an academic field, not if they lack experimental support. In other words, unless a...
The Annual prize giving ceremony-2014 of Monipur High School and College (MHSC) was held at the main girls’ campus of...
Masum Billah :As individuals and members of society the students who make just better results in terms of academic performance...
A Teacher :Language teaching needs five important components such as students, teachers, materials, teaching methods and evaluation. Using materials mostly...
In order to obtain English fluency for ESL students, studying grammar can slow your progress down significantly. Basic grammar is a necessity, but focusing on grammar will prevent you from being able to speak English fluently in a reasonable time frame. Grammar is most effective to improve communication and writing skills, but this only pertains to those who have a solid foundation in English fluency.If you are studying for an exam or want to learn the details of grammar rules,...
Linda LW :Traditional education seems to have a love/hate relationship with gifted students. On one hand gifted students are much...
Bruce D Price :Four years ago, psychologist Leonard Sax (MD, PhD) wrote a well-received book titled “Boys Adrift.” The doctor...