http://www.nobhillboys.net daily 1 http://www.nobhillboys.net/274762-Myths-about-Math-Clear-thinking-for-Teachers.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:06:40 -0600 Remember struggling through math class? Remember learningfractions? For most people it was not a happy experience. Fornew teachers, facing a room of young faces, teaching math can beintimidating. The first step is to set aside any emotionalreactions based on your experiences, and approach it fresh, withan open mind. Perhaps more than other subjects there are a huge number ormisconceptions about teaching math and hopefully this articlewill dispel 'myths about math.' Lets look at a few: . Math abi... http://www.nobhillboys.net/274762-Myths-about-Math-Clear-thinking-for-Teachers.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/714300-Reading-to-Your-Kids.html Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:35:41 -0600 Even before she was born, I imagined snuggling close with mydaughter, Katie, and reading to her. I just knew that she wouldlove books, and she would become an avid reader like her dearol' Mom. Her bookshelves were stocked with the best of the best- from One Fish, Two Fish to The Chronicles ofNarnia and everything in between. But it was not to be.Katie liked to snuggle, all right. Up to a point. But almostfrom the moment of birth, my girl was filled with a restlessenergy that made sitting still s... http://www.nobhillboys.net/714300-Reading-to-Your-Kids.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/680818-Successful-distance-learning.html Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:06:30 -0600 To be successful at distance learning you really just need to bea good student. Yes, it is a different way of learning but justbecause you learn through the Internet versus sitting in aclassroom, doesn't change the principles of learning. You haveto pay attention in class or when you are online. You have tostudy the material between classes. You have to complete all ofyour homework and assignments on time. And you have to askquestions or get extra help if you find yourself stuck orbewildered.Pay... http://www.nobhillboys.net/680818-Successful-distance-learning.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/514371-Oppositional-Defiant-ODD-Students.html Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:44:01 -0600 If you are a teacher who finds that nothing works to managesome students, this article may help. It's way past time for youto learn about ODD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder.In college, you probably got very little training on basicmental health, but if you've been teaching for more than fiveminutes, you know that little bit of training wasn't enough.Here's just a quick peek at what they should have taught you incollege about basic juvenile mental health. Be aware howeverthat this article gives y... http://www.nobhillboys.net/514371-Oppositional-Defiant-ODD-Students.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/748984-Six-Quick-Tricks-for-Learning-a-Language.html Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:26:39 -0600 Do you think that you cant learn a new language? Think again.Our brains maintain the capacity to soak up new knowledge of alltypes far into our advanced years. No matter what yourbackground or past learning experience, you CAN learn to speakanother language using these six quick techniques.There are a multitude of reasons for wanting to speak the linguafranca of another people; travel, business, education, personalpleasure, even family or friends. Indeed its no small feat tohabla espaol, parlez ... http://www.nobhillboys.net/748984-Six-Quick-Tricks-for-Learning-a-Language.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/355283-Be-A-Rebel.html Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:46:31 -0600 Be A RebelBy PunkerslutEveryday, millions of children march to school with drudgeryand resistance. As young children, they go in open-hearted andfree -- at night, they imagine that their tiny hands can reachup and touch the birds. The entire world is a new place and thefascination of beauty never subsides. But as older adolescentsleaving their high school, they go close-minded and bondaged --at night, they drink themselves into passing out and talk aboutthe most popular thing to come, under obli... http://www.nobhillboys.net/355283-Be-A-Rebel.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/845953-Is-Candy-Corn-Actually-Good-For-Kids-Do-the-math-and-see.html Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:40:27 -0600 pDoes all the sugar in candy corn have you wondering whether ornot it is good for your kids? In some ways, it just might be.Candy corn could possibly boost thinking skills and improvegrades! After letting them eat their fill, have your kids usethe candy corn for some math lessons.On a very basic level, the orange, yellow, and white trianglescan help teach colors and shapes. Mix them with some M&M's for asorting exercise for little fingers. Have children arrange themtogether to make new shapes.Ne... http://www.nobhillboys.net/845953-Is-Candy-Corn-Actually-Good-For-Kids-Do-the-math-and-see.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/649592-Educational-toys-can-cost-a-fortune-for-some-mums-See-how-these.html Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:19:21 -0600 August Sydney, Australia. Sydney mothers have discovereda way of providing their children with high quality childrenseducational toys and theyre only paying of store price.These mothers arent spending hours in discount stores or secondhand toy stores. Theyre buying high quality, highly soughtafter childrens educational toys and instead of paying theyre paying only . Theyve organised themselves in groupsof or and each mother is buying a toy worth . These toysare then circulated within the gr... http://www.nobhillboys.net/649592-Educational-toys-can-cost-a-fortune-for-some-mums-See-how-these.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/123265-Beyond-Curriculum-1.html Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:44:09 -0600 Teaching with the multiple intelligences in mind is an admirablegoal - and a difficult one. How do you effectively incorporatethe multiple intelligences, meet the requirements of yourschool's curriculum, and make sure that your students aredeveloping their verbal-linguistic and logical-mathematicalintelligences all at the same time?In most cases, the answer is: you don't - at least not all atthe same time. With careful planning, teachers can create abalance in their lesson plans so that they acc... http://www.nobhillboys.net/123265-Beyond-Curriculum-1.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/184831-Beyond-Curriculum-2.html Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:49:29 -0600 Multiple intelligences instruction has the potential to reachand teach vast numbers of students, but incorporating iteffectively while still meeting curriculum requirements andinsuring that students are developing their verbal-linguisticand logical-mathematical intelligences is no small feat.In the first part of this series, I asked the question: How doyou effectively incorporate the multiple intelligences, meet therequirements of your school's curriculum, and make sure thatyour students are dev... http://www.nobhillboys.net/184831-Beyond-Curriculum-2.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/642934-Lesson-Plans-that-Reach-the-Multiple-Intelligences.html Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:25:41 -0600 American schools have traditionally favored those students whoexcel in the linguistic and analytical arenas because theseskills are highly valued in our culture. Unfortunately, thistraditional approach leaves certain students behind to stumbleblindly through an educational system which ignores their uniqueabilities. This is not to say that the development of linguisticand analytical skills should be abandoned in favor ofnontraditional approaches to education. Rather, traditional andnontradition... http://www.nobhillboys.net/642934-Lesson-Plans-that-Reach-the-Multiple-Intelligences.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/936087-A-Case-for-Multiple-Intelligences-Based-Instruction.html Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:41:53 -0600 Although many high school age students tend to think and learnin nontraditional ways, American schools still base theirinstruction primarily on the verbal-linguistic andlogical-mathematical intelligences. As a result, many studentswho are not strong in these traditional intelligences developpoor attitudes toward school and their academic achievementsuffers.According to psychologist Howard Gardner's theory of multipleintelligences, intelligences change with age and withexperience. Since our cultu... http://www.nobhillboys.net/936087-A-Case-for-Multiple-Intelligences-Based-Instruction.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/443536-What-is-the-Theory-of-Multiple-Intelligences-Part-2.html Sun, 13 Nov 2011 08:52:27 -0600 Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences is based onthe premise that each individual's intelligence is composed ofmultiple intelligences, each of which has its own independentoperating system within the brain. These intelligences include:verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial,bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, andnaturalist.The verbal-linguistic intelligence is the use of both writtenand spoken language for the purpose of communication. Thosepossessing ... http://www.nobhillboys.net/443536-What-is-the-Theory-of-Multiple-Intelligences-Part-2.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/708960-What-is-the-Theory-of-Multiple-Intelligences-Part-1.html Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:39:44 -0600 Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences is based onthe premise that each individual's intelligence is composed ofmultiple intelligences, each of which has its own independentoperating system within the brain. These intelligences include:verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial,bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, andnaturalist.The verbal-linguistic intelligence is the use of both writtenand spoken language for the purpose of communication. Thosepossessing ... http://www.nobhillboys.net/708960-What-is-the-Theory-of-Multiple-Intelligences-Part-1.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/894813-We-need-Creativity.html Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:48:37 -0600 Creativity is central to the management of our individual lives,but in modern times few people are able to access this as aresource. Alan Watts writes in The Wisdom of Insecurity:We have allowed brain thinking to develop and dominate ourlives out of all proportion to 'instinctual wisdom'; which weare allowing to slump into atrophy. As a consequence we are atwar within ourselves - the brain desiring things which the bodydoes not want, and the body desiring things that the brain willnot allow; the... http://www.nobhillboys.net/894813-We-need-Creativity.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/961942-Left-Side-Right-Side-Offside.html Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:09:38 -0500 Left Side, Right Side, OffsideIs there anything in the dominance of the left side of the brainin mathematical ability? Are boys better than girls in mathematics, because of left braindominance? The concept of left brain and right brain thinking developedfrom the research in the late s by an American neurosurgeonRoger W Sperry. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in . I came across a variation of this theory which Ill call thegender theory in the late s. The gender theory was putforward as a means of ex... http://www.nobhillboys.net/961942-Left-Side-Right-Side-Offside.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/425290-Public-School-Sex-Education-Classes-Bad-News-For-Parents-And.html Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:01:50 -0500 One of parents most important duties is to protect theirchildren from harmful sexual values and behaviors. Yet manypublic schools force potentially harmful, sometimes shockinglyexplicit sex education on their students.Most of the time, parents have no control over the content ofthese classes. Occasionally, a group of parents finds out abouta particularly obnoxious sex education class and protests to theprincipal or local school board. The class may be dropped, onlyto be replaced by another class... http://www.nobhillboys.net/425290-Public-School-Sex-Education-Classes-Bad-News-For-Parents-And.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/498191-A-New-Challenge-for-Teachers.html Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:16:07 -0500 One key challenge educators face is the importance ofencouraging girls to excel in math, science and computer sciencestudies. As technology continues to drive the world of business,those challenged or generally disinterested in science and mathwill be left behind. In fact, that's exactly what's happening.Although women make up approximately of the general workforce in the U.S., they only represent of workers in thescience and engineering community. With such a low percentage offemale interest... http://www.nobhillboys.net/498191-A-New-Challenge-for-Teachers.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/301046-Fast-Track-Learning-Results.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:19:06 -0500 Fast track your results, develop positive learning behaviour,establish purpose and design goals that motivate, with studyskills!What is the most important skill? I'll give you a clue - you'redoing it right now. It's not reading, although reading is anextremely important pathway of learning.It's thinking. The most important skill involves learning howto use our internal software and hardware. The hardware beingthe brain and the software being thinking patterns or thoughts.This article is to intro... http://www.nobhillboys.net/301046-Fast-Track-Learning-Results.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/874488-Attention-Deficit-Disorder.html Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:52:41 -0500 pIt is estimated that there are over . million people who arediagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. The majority of theseare boys. As a mother of a boy and a teacher, I have seen firsthand the evidence of this, and I have to ask why we, as anation, are content to medicate these beautiful, brilliantchildren instead of questioning the methods of teaching andchoosing alternative educational settings for them. Wouldn't itbe easier to reform our educational system than to come up withmoney for ne... http://www.nobhillboys.net/874488-Attention-Deficit-Disorder.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/111698-Is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-popular-quiz.html Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:56:59 -0500 Q. My students have asked me for a popular quiz. Can yourecommend one?A. The answer to that question depends upon what your studentsmean when they say popular.Do they mean a quiz that can tell them if they are popular, ordo they mean a quiz that is popular because everyone likestaking it?Hmm, maybe I can craft one answer that covers both options. Yousee, a popular quiz, also know as a popularity quiz, it verypopular in itself. Starting at about third grade the concept ofbeing popular takes root ... http://www.nobhillboys.net/111698-Is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-popular-quiz.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/354954-School-ERP-verses-stand-alone-applications.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:48:31 -0500 Stand Alone Verses ERP solution for schools. This report isbased on the survey with Schools EDP officers handling schoolERP and Other software in school Defination of School ERP : Asingle software managing all aspects of schooling withoutredundancy and proper inter module data exchange. The data ismanaged centrally. The moment we think about school automationwe think of multiple software, one for fee, another software forlibrary and so on. Carefully looking at the school we willeasily conclude ... http://www.nobhillboys.net/354954-School-ERP-verses-stand-alone-applications.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/996204-How-to-Get-Reluctant-Kids-to-Write.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:13:33 -0500 Being a giftedlearning-disabled child has afforded me theunexpected privilege of discovering new regions of my brain thatfew have ever explored. Because of this, I've come to look atthings upside down and backwards. This tendency comes in handywhile teaching Language Arts at the Brideun School forExceptional children. Brideun kids are unique learners who haveblockages in their input or output capabilities. Our job asteachers at Brideun is to find alternative pathways in order toget to the same k... http://www.nobhillboys.net/996204-How-to-Get-Reluctant-Kids-to-Write.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/271537-Violence.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:52:49 -0500 Flashes of memory stream into my consciousness. They take meback thirty years plus. I was a boy then, a newcomer to a poorand tough neighborhood. My parents, of moderate means and daringto a fault, had decided to move there after my father hadaccepted an editing job in the federal government. They hadtaken a lease on a low-rent brick house, which was alsorun-down, covered in filth, and littered with trash. I do notmince my words: Previous tenants had been pigs that got alongwith bugs and rats.Th... http://www.nobhillboys.net/271537-Violence.html http://www.nobhillboys.net/412616-Child-rights-in-Pakistan.html Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:36:20 -0500 Access to free and compulsory education is a fundamental rightof children. In Pakistan education is neither free, norcompulsory, nor easily accessible to all children. Pakistan hasabout , primary schools, including about ,government schools, an estimated , mosque schools and, private and non-formal community based schools.Approximately of enrolled children attend governmentschools. The government intends to introduce core subjects atthe primary, middle and secondary levels of the country's over... http://www.nobhillboys.net/412616-Child-rights-in-Pakistan.html