Amen! A dream come true would be that everyone would understand this FACT!
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And it's a dangerous habit of mind or disposition to think that all
learning is easy and you should never have to work To Understand. What a
disservice to our young minds.
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From: Joy <jwidm...@rocketmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:21:10
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Sally,
You've hit on a concept that is near and dear to my heart -
approximations. If more people would understand that approximations is
what we're after, that the growth and learning is somewhere in the
approximations. It's those little changes, the slight adjustments, the
tiny shifts in thinking that move children forward. "You can't be perfect
and learn at the same time," is something Marv Marshall says that is so
true, because if you were perfect the first time, there is nothing to
learn.
I have this discussion with parents who are hyper-focused on their kids
achievement, pushing them to perfection in every task they attempt. They
think they are having high expectations, when in fact they aren't allowing
them to struggle and come to the understanding naturally.
Joy/NC/4
How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content
go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
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From: thomas <sally.thom...@verizon.net>
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Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:44:04 AM
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What is amazing is that the Debbie's students WERE able to think in such
beautiful and complex ways. By not simplifying, by believing they
were/are
capable, and by using some of the approaches described in the book (and
other books by keene, Harvey, et al) children can do this! Debbie would
say
"don't simplify" but show them how you do it, gradually release the
strategies to them, expect approximations (that's how we learn)....
Watch Debbie and her class on video.
Many or most of us on this list have seen other children do it too.
Don't simplify or lower your expectations. Children have enormous
potential.
Sally
On 6/17/09 10:27 PM, "Katherine M. Salvia" <salv...@mville.edu> wrote:
Hello,
My name is Kate Salvia and I am a elementary school teacher and high
school
theatre teacher. I am taking a literacy course right now towards my
masters.
We just completed reading Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller, and the
last
chapter struck my interest especially, Synthesizing Information. What is
the
best way to introduce synthesizing to the younger grades? Some of the
techniques in the book seemed very advanced, and I was wondering if
anyone had
recommendations to simplifying so it can be introduced to younger grades.
Thank you,
Kate Salvia
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