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Shame on Me!
When I published Dr. Goodreader on Kindle in 2012 soon after publishing it on Create Space, I just assumed that it would format correctly as I had it in the paper version. In 2015 I was on a...
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Reading in the Brain by Stanislas Dehaene
I just finished reading Reading in the Brain. While I cannot recommend it as a practical teaching resource, it did remind me what an immensely difficult task reading is–especially learning to read in...
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Filling the Gaps
I recently taught a teacher workshop in Pennsylvania, which was aimed at areas for growth in many Christian school (and public school, for that matter) curricula. Certainly, not all Christian schools...
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Metacognition Presentation for Teachers in Metuchen
I recently presented a couple of workshops for administrators and teachers in Metuchen, New Jersey. Here is the presentation.
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The Little Golden Book of Metacognition
Last summer I wrote a short, 50-page, book that explains metacognition and how to use it in your classroom. It’s on sale at Amazon for $9.50 in paperback and $1.99 on Kindle. It has many eye-catching...
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Being Aware of and Managing Your Thinking
I recently came across a great definition for metacognition in Emily Lai’s, Metacognition: A Literature Review. The definition is “Awareness and management of one’s own thought.” When I try to explain...
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Can You Believe It? Going Full Circle.
Years ago I taught sentence diagramming in 5th grade, but have only used mentor sentences to teach grammar in the last 8 or 9 years. Now I’ve gone full circle and am back to teaching sentence...
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A Drum Roll for My (Our) New Book: The Metacognitive Student
If you were one of the few who wondered why I haven’t been blogging in the last year or two, I’d like to introduce my new book to you: The Metacognitive Student: How to Teach Academic, Social, and...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Flow Chart Like None Other
I challenged my 8th Grade student to create a flow chart for A Midsummer Night’s Dream that captured the action and the ever-changing relationships of this play. As soon as I gave her this assignment...
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