What Is Attention? By Glenda Thorne and Alice Thomas Attention Quick Facts Paying attention is the first step in the learning process. Everybody fails to pay attention sometimes, but some people fail to pay attention a lot. Not paying attention to what you are doing can be a problem for both children and adults. For example, not listening to … [Read more...] about What Is Attention?
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Hasbrouck-Tindal Table Of Oral Reading Fluency Norms
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Graphomotor Skills: Why Some Kids Hate To Write
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Position Statement On Student Grade Retention And Social Promotion
Position Statement On Student Grade Retention And Social Promotion Revision adopted by the National Association of School Psychologists Delegate Assembly on April 12, 2003. The increasing emphasis on educational standards and accountability has rekindled public and professional debate regarding the use of grade retention as an intervention to … [Read more...] about Position Statement On Student Grade Retention And Social Promotion
What Are Some Problems Students Have With Memory?
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