Ep. 2, Reading Comprehension Revisited: “A simple way of looking at a complex problem”
Month: June 2023
Ep. 1, Reading Comprehension Revisited: “Kids were bored to death”
The 74: New Mexico Teacher, Once a Lab Scientist, Applies Real Science to Lessons
The 74: Louisiana Grad Returns to Old Middle School: ‘I Wish I Had Been Taught This Way’
Scaling the “Dinosaur Effect”: Topic vs. Theme in Elementary Classrooms
Most primary teachers and parents of early-grade children will recognize what we’ve dubbed the “dinosaur effect,” marveling at the capacity of young children to capitalize on their passionate interests in, say, dinosaurs—to learn and retain astounding stores of knowledge about everything dinosaurs. How does this happen? It turns out research has an answer.