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Handwriting promotes learning more than typing, scientists claim
A Norwegian team of scientists has investigated the influence of handwriting and typing on brain activity and memory abilities.
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Tim Surma with a crash course in cognitive psychology
Tim Surma is research manager of the Expertise Center ExCEL and can draw on twenty years of experience in teaching in secondary education. He also co-wrote the book Wijze Lessen: twelve building blocks for effective didactics.
In 2018 he was a guest …
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Dealing with weak executive functions
Executive functions are less developed in people with ADD. This is referred to as 'weak' executive functions.
In the article you can read more about executive functions, dealing with weak EF and training EF.
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Protestant Evangelical Religion: Trello
Article about the private page for Protestant Evangelical religion teachers, where tips and materials are shared.
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Articles in French: When to use le or la?
This article discusses the general rules and some tricks for finding the correct article.
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A safe environment to make mistakes is essential
In the article you will receive useful tips to create a safe environment in which making mistakes is allowed and accepted.
The accompanying poster contains possible solutions to the statement: 'If I have done something wrong then ...'.
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Podcast: Improve your students' online information skills with these tips
Searching for information online is becoming increasingly important. What can schools do to improve students' online information literacy?
More and more research shows that students are comfortable with media and devices. At the same time, they do not …
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Why every teacher should teach about fake news
'Fake news is everywhere, and young people are falling for it with open eyes'. Is that right? And what can you do as a teacher? Annelore Deprez (UGent and Artevelde University College Ghent) explains the rise of fake news and tells you how you …
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Help students to reflect on their work
The students deliver their task in the appropriate drawer:
- green (went very well),
- yellow (it took some effort),
- red (too difficult).
The students do self-assessment via this return system with three return containers.
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The System of the Houses
Kassim, a teacher from a school in Rwanda, introduced The System of the Houses there.
There the students are not only divided into grades, but also into houses , each with their own color.
Jan Royackers wrote an article about this.
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Gone courses, back to learning objectives!
Things are moving in the first grade of secondary schools. Many teachers notice that it is not enough for these students to differentiate solely within their own regular class group. That is why more and more school teams are jointly taking …
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Blogging teachers with ideas to differentiate
Stories, articles, podcasts ... about differentiation appear regularly. Saskia Vandeputte and Jan Royackers collected their six favorite differentiation posts:
- top strategies for learning;
- differentiated evaluation;
- the review committee;
- class …
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