Elementary Educators: Canada

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2009-10-15 Behavior & Learning in School - kindergarten behavioral issues:

Kristen, I believe that it IS your right as a parent to choose who your child spends time with in that as a young child he most likely does not have the perceptual ability to make decisions about

2009-10-13 Behavior & Learning in School - Managing A 4'th Grader In Reading Tutoring:

Elizabeth Marie, This is very difficult to answer because I do not know the method you are using to tutor him and/or how you are assessing his needs. After testing his reading level, you should

2009-10-03 Behavior & Learning in School - reward activity vs a non reward:

Michelle, Thank you for the question. There is much involved in your proposal. First, your study needs to be double-blind. The person given the spelling list to the students should not know which group

2009-10-03 Behavior & Learning in School - reward activity vs a non reward:

Michelle, I'm assuming that you work in a classroom in that you have chosen an academic topic as well as a grade level. I would not experiment using a spelling list in that at this grade level, the

2009-10-03 Behavior & Learning in School - reward activity vs a non reward?:

Hello, Micheleq, Boy - that's a tough one. Have you read 'Punished By Rewards' by Alphie Kohn? You might want to look at that book prior to doing this. I don't know that I agree completely with it