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Making Homework Assignments Smarter for your Students and their Brains

One of my favorite bloggers, Annie Murphie Paul, has written a post about homework that every educator should consider as a guideline for better learning opportunities. Her claim, based on Neuroscience and Psychology research, entails making better use of strategies that are effectively proven to have an impact on learning.   Annie mentions three strategies […]

TESOL 2010 – Howard Gardner’s Five Minds For the Future

Intelligence – multiple, rather than singularThe mind is better thought of  as eight or nine different computers in your brain. The fourth or fifth country of the world is the country of immigrants. What kinds of minds do we need to cultivate in the 21st century?Globalization – global brands, electronic money transferThe biological revolution – […]