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Author Archives: Abner Oakes
What I learned on my college campus visits
I was talking with someone this weekend, who told me that his three children did not undertake the traditional ritual of visiting college campuses before they applied but rather applied, got an admissions decision, and then decided to visit the … Continue reading
More on AP classes
(I shared my AP course post from Jul 11 with my friend and former colleague Robyn Harper; here’s what she had to say about AP.) Public schools (both high school and college) often have to compete with private school in … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced placement, AP
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Getting rid of AP classes
Last month, I read this opinion piece in the WaPo, in which eight DC area private school heads state that “we will better equip our students for further study and for life beyond the classroom by eliminating AP courses from … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced placement, AP
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#Neuromyths – or There is No Right Brain/Left Brain
I overheard someone the other day talking to a companion about my “right brain” and was struck by how much detail this person went into – detail that is, scientifically speaking, completely untrue. The left brain/right brain dichotomy that we … Continue reading
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Tagged left brain, Mozart effect, neuromyth, neuromyths, right brain
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She lived an extraordinary life
My mother-in-law died last week, and I miss her very much. Hard to imagine this world without her. Read my wife’s tribute below, and you will miss her too. ************************************************************************************ Truda Cleeves Jewett died peacefully at home on October 18, … Continue reading
Brain-informed teaching and learning
I get to do a whole variety of things at my work, and some of the most interesting is related to the science of learning – another phrase for brain-informed teaching and learning. Over the past year or so, we’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged benedict carey, brain-informed, bruce perry, Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, glenn whitman, helping children succeed, how we learn, johns hopkins university, neuromyth, paul tough, science of learning, St. Andrew's Episcopal School
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