Andrew J. Martin
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School rarely goes to plan. Here are 9 ways students can deal with setbacks and change (opens the original)
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School life isn’t always easy. A student may receive a disappointing mark, struggle with a tough assignment, face numerous deadlines, or be anxious about an exam. At other times, a student may start at a new school, begin a new subject, work with unfamiliar classmates, encounter a new teacher, or be asked to learn in a different way. These two sets of experiences look similar, but are not the same. The first involves adversity and setback. The second involves disruption and change. Students need
Why your child’s Year 9 teacher matters for completing Year 12: new research (opens the original)
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As young people progress through high school, they start making plans for what they will do when they leave. What factors influence their plans? And importantly, what helps them stay until the end of school? In our new study, we looked at Year 10 students’ plans and their rates of school completion. Our results suggest certain teaching approaches are linked with more academically focused plans and higher rates of finishing Year 12. Graduating from Year 12 is often a prerequisite for further educ
We assume students see pictures in their minds as they learn. But not everyone can (opens the original)
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Most people can do this easily. They imagine the apple’s shape, colour and shine. But for others, the image is vague and blurry or they “see” nothing at all. This is known as aphantasia – a “blind mind’s eye”. What we are dealing with here are individual differences in mental imagery. Research suggests mental imagery exists on a continuum, and this can impact how we learn. Every day in class, students are encouraged to “visualise”, “imagine”, or “picture” concepts. For example, in geography, stu
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