by Carol A. Josel | Aug 29, 2009 | Articles
In 1941, Dr. Francis Robinson made a name for himself with his now classic study method, SQ3R–Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review–a systematic and very effective approach to learning. Instead of your child jumping right in and reading an assigned...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 7, 2009 | Articles
So many lectures, discussions, textbook pages . . . How can your child be expected to remember it all? Dante said, “He listens well who takes notes.” And that’s the key– listening with the intent to learn, getting it all down, and then studying out loud to...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 15, 2009 | Articles
About his three D’s and two F’s, Joey said, “We went to Canada to visit relatives. Then I was sick for a couple of days.” Now, what do a trip to Canada and a nasty cold have to do with grades? Everything! As educator Richard White put it, “It may seem obvious that...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 20, 2009 | Articles
Books: knowledge, choice, power—a refuge that exercises the imagination, an invention that changed the world and put it in our hands. Actor Michael Caine said that the greatest thing he’d ever done was learn to read. Would your child agree? Does he curl up with a book...
by Carol A. Josel | Mar 3, 2009 | Articles
Kids don’t usually love them. Some actually hate them. There’s seldom anything in between about essay tests. Where objective tests are tests of recognition—all a student has to do is identify the correct answer or whether a statement is true or false–essay...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 15, 2009 | Articles
Says Avi, “Read your first draft, and, if you think it’s good, you’re in trouble . . . The more you rewrite, the better your writing will be.” For many kids, though, the top writing priority is getting the thing done—often measured in length rather than quality. Hit...
