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Self-Regulation in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Educational psychology: developing learners (7th ed.). In Shawn Berry’s 8th-grade math class, I observed students writing down individual learning goals for the lesson based on unpacked standards in the form of learning targets. In life, this might be the most critical competency that educators can cultivate in the classroom. Ormrod, J.

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Middle school’s moment: What the science tells us about improving the middle grades

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, new findings in developmental psychology are shedding a fresh light on what motivates middle schoolers. They’re paying attention to the social world and one way to learn about the social world is to do things for others,” said Andrew Fuligni, a professor-in-residence in UCLA’s psychology department.

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School support staffers stuck earning poverty level wages

The Hechinger Report

The educational environment got more difficult physically, emotionally, mentally and psychologically,” said Mark Klaisner, the president of the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools. In high school, another aide helped her prepare for the ACT. Considine watched three other coworkers leave before her.

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