Filling In The Learning Gap

American school students have been making the news in recent weeks – – but not necessarily for the right reasons.  Some educational analysts are concerned after the most recent release of the PISA results.  The PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) compares literacy in math, reading, and science from a sample of 15-year-old school students [...]

Posted in analogy games, context games, grade level, learning games, test preparation on December 14th, 2010
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Building Vocabulary in Context

If I overhear a part of a conversation at the next table in a restaurant where a woman says she pushed her brother off the bridge, I am likely to want to call the authorities.  But if I had heard the part of the conversation before that, I would know that she and her husband [...]

Posted in Building Vocabulary Skills, context games, vocabulary games, word games on August 9th, 2010
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