Educational Links 5/21/18

What Is the Point of a Makerspace?

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/makerspace/

In the Shadow of a Stereotype: New Facts About ADHD

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/facts-about-adhd/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=diagnosis

How Teens' Penchant For Risk-Taking May Help Them Learn Faster

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/46640/how-teens-penchant-for-risk-taking-may-help-them-learn-faster

Math Anxiety vs. Dyscalculia: Comparing the Signs

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyscalculia/math-anxiety-vs-dyscalculia-comparing-the-signs

Not Very “Best” Lists Of The Week: Gun Violence

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/05/20/not-very-best-lists-of-the-week-gun-violence/

Your Shining Moment

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/celebrating-student-achievement

3 Defining Features of ADHD That Everyone Overlooks

https://www.additudemag.com/symptoms-of-add-hyperarousal-rejection-sensitivity/

From this perspective, three defining features of ADHD emerge that explain every aspect of the condition:
1. an interest-based nervous system
2. emotional hyperarousal
3. rejection sensitivity