
by James HaupertJuly 6, 2020 Blog, Parent Resources, Teaching Tips and Mini-Lessons for You0 comments
Jump Start to Deliberate Practice
Anders Ericsson identified these 5 components of “deliberate practice.” Use this checklist to evaluate your learning or training regimen – then improve it by adding SPICE! Read More
Retrieval Practice is Your Learning Power Tool
This learning strategy has been validated by thousands of scientific studies to greatly improve the ability to remember and recall information. Read More
Desirable Difficulties can Transform Your Learning and Teaching
This article explains one of the most powerful learning strategies you can use. The concept of “Desirable Difficulties” is something that needs to be understood by both the student and the teacher. Read More
How Learning Objectives Can Help You Teach Better
As a homeschooling parent, you are most likely very familiar with learning objectives. You often see them in your instructor guides, or perhaps listed at the top of the lesson materials provided to you. But how can you use them to improve your home classroom instruction? Read More
Helicopter Parenting and Learning – is This Right for You?
This research should resolve the long-running debate about “how much parental involvement is ideal?” It validates the use of highly involved parenting. Read More
How to Get the Most from Your Field Trips
We know field trips offer numerous benefits, such as hands on learning, group learning and opportunities for students to discover new things firsthand. They are an important part of your homeschooling education. Read More
Why You Need to Teach Your Kids Metacognition
Metacognition is an important ability to effective learning. It’s something your child needs to understand and know how to use. It can be taught, and it can be learned. Don’t overlook this in your homeschooling. What is it? Read More
Improve Your Teaching with Bloom’s Taxonomy
This is a powerful tool you should be using to improve your homeschool teaching methods. This article will help you understand one of the fundamental building blocks used by expert teachers – learn about it and start using it. Read More
by James HaupertSeptember 9, 2018 Parent Resources, Teaching Tips and Mini-Lessons for You0 comments
The Importance of Frameworks to Learning
Teach your children to put what they’re learning into frameworks. Read More
by James HaupertSeptember 9, 2018 Parent Resources, Teaching Tips and Mini-Lessons for You0 comments