I was thrilled to be invited to Dan Richardson and Chris Lyon's 10th grade interdisciplinary class today. Their class combines AP World History and NCC's World Literature and uses creativity teaching strategies. Today students presented their own lyrics to redo and reinvent the Epic of Gilgamesh. Students recorded their songs as karaoke to songs from the 20th and 21st century. Students had fun coming up with their lyrics and showed a high level of mastery using the creativity strategy of Force Fitting. This class is a part of the Nobel pathway at KHS which the GT department is working on expanding.
5 Research-Backed Studying Techniques Teachers can guide students to avoid ineffective studying habits in favor of ones that will increase their learning outcomes. By Edward Kang, April 4, 2019 https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-research-backed-studying-techniques Too often people imagine that long hours of studying are the best path to being a model, straight-A student. Yet research shows that highly successful students actually spend less time studying than their peers do—they just study more effectively. Teachers can help all students learn to more effectively use the time they spend studying by sharing research-proven techniques. STUDY LESS, WITH GREATER INTENSITY In this era of social media and digital distractions, many students—and adults—do a lot of multitasking. But there is no such thing as successful multitasking, because much of the time spent is wasted on context switching, where the brain has to restart and refocus. Consider the formula “work accomplished
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