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Month: June 2017
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A is for Algebra, Post
A is for Algebra A is for Algebra is an introduction to algebra. I asked my good friend, Dr David Perkins, to contribute this post. His bio details are at the end of the post. It’s not so hard “If we are to believe television sitcoms, algebra is a branch of mathematics to be feared.…
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Whole Language Theory, Post
Whole Language Theory Whole Language Theory dominated literacy teaching. In the 1960’s the movement towards the whole language approach to teaching literacy in schools gathered strength. There is a legacy of WLT in schools in Australia. Easy to pick! Children are taught to learn words only within the context of a story or other text;…
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Cursive Script – Debate, Post
Cursive Script – Debate Cursive Script – Debate, yes the debate is in earnest. Writing in script is considered a waste of teaching time in some education circles. Associate Professor Dr Misty Adoniou said in early 2015 in The Conversation, available on line “The research doesn’t find any benefits for cursive writing.” https://theconversation.com/profiles/misty-adoniou-107235 She added…
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Handwriting – An Intellectual Activity, Post
Handwriting – An Intellectual Activity Why Handwriting is important. More areas of our brain are used to hand-print than to type on a keyboard. And more areas of the brain are used to write in script than to hand-print. There have always been children with poor handwriting but the quality of teaching over the last…