Are Children All Equal at the Third Grade Level?

By webmaster | Published February 8, 2012

Homework can be an effective way for students to improve their learning and for parents and educators to work cooperatively in support of a student’s progress. However, the efficiency of different types of homework will vary according to a student’s age and ability, and more time spent on homework does not necessarily lead to higher achievement. It has been reported that teachers of all grades are increasing the amount of homework they assign. So a teacher might wonder how much homework should be assigned, and a parent might wonder how much work a child should be expected to complete at home.
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Neurological Redundancy — Tracing

By webmaster | Published January 19, 2012

The basic hypothesis behind neurological redundancy is opening all neural avenues to the cortex of the brain at one time. The more systems going, the better. After years of experimenting, the following procedure appears to be the most productive.

Prepare 81/2 x 11 inch paper like the following: (Example A)
Label three columns, A, B, C. Place numbers along the left edge of the paper. In column “A” we want an accurate adult verbal model associated with the visual model.
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Levy Launches National Childhood Concussion Organization

By webmaster | Published December 30, 2011

Elad Levy, MD, professor of neurosurgery and radiology, has co-founded a national organization to boost “urgently needed” research into youth concussions.

PUCCS—the Program for the Understanding of Childhood Concussions and Stroke — aims to study the impact of concussion-related injuries on the developing brain, create better diagnostic and treatment tools, and raise awareness about such injuries among players, parents and coaches.

While concussions among professional athletes have commanded the spotlight in recent years, they overshadow what Levy calls “an epidemic” of concussions in kids.
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