Two years after colleges and universities made the drastic shift to full remote learning during COVID-19, students are accustomed to the flexibility afforded by online courses. With growing ...
I have the Self-Directed Learning course to thank for many accomplishments…SDL allowed me to think about my passions in an academic setting. Without this course I would not have had the tools to ...
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The term “at risk” is loosely defined and using it as a umbrella descriptor for struggling students is a slippery slope. At my suburban school in South Carolina, the term is used liberally to describe ...
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The Fargo Public School Board unanimously approved a self-directed learning academy at a meeting Tuesday night. School administrators have spent the year researching ...
If you want someone to be motivated to complete a task, a reward (like a gold star or grade) works well only for tasks that are highly routine; anything involving creativity or deeper thinking ...
When Jace Rossignol was in fifth grade, he was breezing through seventh grade math and scored on an 11th grade reading level in the statewide MCAS exam. His elementary school could not accommodate him ...