Educational Links 12/17/16

Why Social and Emotional Skills Are Vital to Keep At-Risk Students on Track

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/12/17/why-emotional-intelligence-is-vital-to-keep-students-on-track/

Your Child's 7 Executive Functions — and How to Boost Them

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/155/slide-1.html

Carol Dweck Explains The ‘False’ Growth Mindset That Worries Her

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/12/16/carol-dweck-explains-the-false-growth-mindset-that-worries-her/

Encouraging Appreciation

http://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/building-student-appreciation-nea?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=video&utm_medium=social

You're Not Shy or Stuck Up. You Have Social Anxiety Disorder.

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/142/slide-1.html?platform=hootsuite

Guns in class: Colorado school district plans to train and arm its teachers

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2016/1215/Guns-in-class-Colorado-school-district-plans-to-train-and-arm-its-teachers

Retrieval Practice Improves Learning, but Will it Help ALL of my Students?

http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/12/15-1

So, will retrieval practice help ALL of our students learn? Well, of course, we need more research to say for sure. But so far, it seems that the strategy works for a very large number of students at different ages and abilities.