Study Guides and Strategies is “an educational public service helping learners to succeed.” The study skills website is maintained by Joe Landsberger and is well worth exploring. Some of the topics you will find on the site include: Exploring Your Own Learning Style Active Listening Taking Notes in Lectures Emergency Test Preparation Influencing Teachers (!) [...]
Entries from July 30th, 2007
These Study Guides and Strategies Will Help Your Students Learn
July 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Learning, Resources, Study Skills
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Literature Circle Resources
July 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Reading, Teaching
Yesterday I wrote a rather lengthy post about Harvey Daniels’ book Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, so today I want to list a few resources for those of you interested in knowing more about literature circles. Despite my criticism of a section in Chapter 3, I really think Daniels’ [...]
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Relativism and Bad Logic in Literature Circles
July 27th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Literature, Reading, Teaching
I’m currently reading Harvey Daniels’ Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, and while I think it’s a fantastic resource for structuring a literature class, I have one problem with it that I wanted to discuss. Daniels falls into some illogical reasoning when he talks about interpreting and responding to literature. [...]
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