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Play-Based Learning Activities to Try This Fall

Studies Weekly

There are both psychological and physiological reasons why hands-on learning is so effective at information retention. According to Psychology Today , listening and analyzing processes happen in the left hemisphere of the brain, but visual and spatial processes happen on the right side.

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TEACHER VOICE: When it comes to teacher training, the U.S. could learn a thing or two from Canada

The Hechinger Report

I teach social studies in Edmonton, Alberta in what we would consider a medium-sized school of slightly under a thousand students. While the numerous routes may allow for flexibility in finding and developing teaching staff, the cost of inconsistency likely does not serve students or schools very well.