Educational Links 2/12/17

Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Puts Students’ Creative Minds to Work

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/02/rube-goldberg-machine-contest-students/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Getting%20Smart&utm_content=Rube%20Goldberg%20Machine%20Contest%20Puts%20Students%27%20Creative%20Minds%20to%20Work

Challenging Student Behavior: Moving From The Boot to The Root

https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/challenging-student-behavior-moving-boot-root?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Response: 'Challenges are a Natural Part of Mathematics'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2017/02/response_challenges_are_a_natural_part_of_mathematics.html

Teaching for Civic Engagement: Individual and Systemic Responsibility

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2017/02/10/ind-sys-responsibility/

Can Teachers Outsource Grading? Two Educators Explain What That Looks Like

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2017/02/would_outsourcing_grading_make_teachers_more_efficient.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news2

At a Glance: 8 Key Executive Functions

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/key-executive-functioning-skills-explained?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Why Nonverbal Learning Disorder Is So Often Mistaken for ADHD

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/724.html

Nonverbal learning disorder (NLD) might be the most overlooked — and underdiagnosed — learning disability, in part because it's symptoms look so much like ADHD. Poor social and fine-motor skills, inattention, trouble organizing thoughts — learn if these might be signs of NLD in your child.