Students are expected to do a lot of homework and to spend hours each week studying but many don’t know how. Middle school is a pivotal time for students to learn study skills. An article in HowToDoThings.com gives the following tips. Create an appropriate study environment. Many students have a difficult time keeping up with [...]
Study Skills … Learning to Learn
Posted 10 September 2007 by Leon Baranovsky
Tags: homework · note taking · studying · teens · tweens
Tags: homework · note taking · studying · teens · tweens
High Schools Consider Sleeping In
Via EdNews, Newsday.com writes about a trend to start high school classes later in the morning. According to behavioral experts, adolescents generally need eight to nine hours’ sleep each night, beginning around 11 p.m., when most start feeling drowsy. Ideally, then, most students wouldn’t awaken until about 7:30 a.m — about the time most on [...]
Parents Key to Teen Driver Safety
The American Academy of Pediatrics published a policy statement on teen driving that includes guidelines for parents and a contract you can use with your teen driver. Here are some things you can do: Give permission for them to obtain a license;Control access to the vehicle;Set family restrictions and punishments for infractions;Assure that the vehicle [...]
Fantasy Football Math
Working with students who have proven to be resistant, San Jose teacher John Hagen uses fantasy football to teach math concepts (story in the San Jose Mercury News). Like many high schoolers, John Hagen’s algebra students worry about passing. But they also worry about rushing. And receiving. And scoring. They’ve become miniature NFL coaches, tracking [...]
Yes, Sleep Matters
Is your high schooler (or middle schooler) driving you crazy with her sleep schedule? If you think it matters, you’re right! A new study (reported in Science), measures how an all-nighter impacts the ability to learn new information. Your child may not (yet) be doing all-nighters, but the study “suggests that just as sleep is [...]
Ad Targets Dangers of Teen Driving
“The #1 killer of teenagers doesn’t have a trigger.” The headline from a new ad (warning: pdf) focusing on teen driving couldn’t be more prescient as our news is dominated by school killings in Colorado, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The message is powerful and true – though it isn’t “news” so you won’t see it on [...]
