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 [...]

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The first video ever shown on MTV blamed television for the demise of radio. The Buggles (iTunes link) were onto something. In the October issue of Pediatrics, Sharif and Sargent write about media exposure hurting school performance. “According to the study [says the press release], the odds of poor school performance increased with growing weekday [...]

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LeapFrog, makers of the LeapPad and other educational toys, sponsored a homework study by the NEA (National Educators Association). Some of their results are a foregone conclusion (something about the internet and the wonderfulness of educational toys). But several of the study’s results looked like they came from my own home. Parents’ and students’ responses [...]

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