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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

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Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinar page and learn how to implement CARES, a framework for inclusive family communication, genuine relationships, clear and flexible expectations, and concrete support, in your schools. 2010, June 7). The post How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection appeared first on Waterford.org.

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How to Set Healthy Screen Time Habits: A Guide for Parents

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While older generations needed to learn how to use digital media, our children face a different task: managing and using screen time in healthy ways. Read on to learn all about types of screen time, how much screen time the experts recommend, and how to set healthy digital media habits at home. Pediatrics, July 2010, 126(1), pp.

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How to Promote Additive Bilingualism over Subtractive Bilingualism in the Classroom

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How to Encourage Additive Bilingualism. Psychological Science, 2010, 21(3), pp. Review of Educational Research, 2010, 80(2), pp. Neurology, November 2010, 75(19), pp. Here’s how it works. The post How to Promote Additive Bilingualism over Subtractive Bilingualism in the Classroom appeared first on Waterford.org.

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Self-Regulation in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

In the beginning, we discussed how to make sure the tasks they chose for their lists were reasonable to finish in 17 minutes. At the end of class, the students add their post-it to our chart on the class whiteboard to show how many of their tasks they finished. Each student creates a to-do list based on three sets of 17 minutes.

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Different Ways to Show Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Research continues to provide further evidence that the conventional wisdom about learning styles should be rejected by educators and students alike (Kirschner, 2017; Husmann & O'Loughlin, 2018; Riener & Willingham, 2010). Willingham, 2010. There isn't one best way to learn as the path and preference are different for everyone.

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The Value of Listening in the Classroom: How to Teach Your Students Active Listening

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11] If you don’t currently teach your students specifically how to listen, it may be time to add activities to your curriculum that strengthen this skill. The Benefits of Teaching Students How to Listen. Learning how to listen can also teach students how to communicate their ideas.[14] Improved relationship skills.

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How to Use the Dual Capacity-Building Framework to Strengthen Family Empowerment

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Child Development, May-June 2010, 81(3), pp. The post How to Use the Dual Capacity-Building Framework to Strengthen Family Empowerment appeared first on Waterford.org. Journal of Education and Practice, November 2016, 7, pp. El Nokali, N.E., Bachman, H.J., and Votruba-Drzal. and Kuttner, P.J. Dual Capacity. The Challenge.

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