Cross Divisional Learning Links

• Time Management & Organization
• MS Planner Tips & Page  (downloadable Word document)
• US Planner Tips & Page   (downloadable Word document)
• Time Management Exercise and Grids
• The 7-Day Anti-Procrastination Plan  (downloadable Word document)
• 5-Night Study Plan
• Tips for Lakeside Teachers from Lakeside Teachers
• Study Skills 
  • Academic Success Resources (Dartmouth's Academic Skills Center) Lessons on study techniques (Cornell note-taking, note-taking, memory tips, SQ3R, concentration and more. 
  • Study Guides and Strategies (University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Mn.) Another great resource for lessons. Available in 15 LANGUAGES.  Do I see a language lesson here somewhere?
• Learning Styles 
• PEDAGOGY
• Models & Elements of Learning Styles
• Ideas for Teaching to Complement Learning Styles  (based on multiple intelligences theory)
• Taming the Dragons: Real School Problems (excerpt), Susan Setley,
• Kids Learn in Various Ways, Teachers Told, Jeannie Johnson, Albuquerque Journal, June 21, 1999  An interview with Dr. Mel Levine which includes 8 elements that affect learning.
• Seven Styles, Part 3, by Elaine Winters: A look at the multiple intelligences and how to encourage them in the classroom
• Metacognition - A tool for all learning styles.
• STYLES, PROCESSING AND DIFFERENCES
• Learning to Learn - Interactive lessons such as: consciousness, memory, creativity, problem solving and learning style (including inventories from Gardner and others)  
• THE CPI Site by Dr. Scott L. Crouse:  A site to market a self-assessment for students with learning disabilities,  but information loaded.  Browse "Other info related to LD" and "LD Definitions".  Check out gifted/LD, processing and self-advocacy. 
  

ASSESSMENT IDEAS

• Assessment Tool: Global or Analytic?
• Learning Styles, Colin Rose. This brief survey uses perceptual modes to analyze daily activities
• OTHER RESOURCES
• Allowing for Thinking Styles by R.J. Sternberg: A thoughtful article describing his unique model for teaching to diverse learning styles  called mental self-government, based on political science. "By keying teaching and assessment techniques to the diverse ways people think and learn, teachers will be surprised at how much smarter their students get."
• All Kinds of Minds Website, Dr. Mel Levine  Articles and book excerpts based on current research on developmental variations and neurodevelopmental functions (basic abilities of the human mind.)
• Learning Styles & Preferences, Inside Lakeside article, Nov 2000, Marilyn Hammond and Roz Schiller.  An overview of learning styles for parents.
• Helping Gifted Students with Stress Management, Leslie S. Kaplan, ERIC Digest, ED321493.  Article for teachers, counselors and parents on the characteristics of giftedness that make these students more vulnerable to stress.  Also, includes recognizing burnout and healthy and unhealthy coping strategies.  

 

• Essay & Presentation Writing

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• Math Problem Solving

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  • Verbal Math Problem Solving, adapted from Ackerman, Anhalt, Dykman,  1986