Category Learning
My only clear memory of studying for my Master of Arts in Teaching degree – this was longer ago than you’ve probably been alive – is my ah-ha! moment of realizing that much more emphasis was being given to motivating pupils than to teaching content. After I became a classroom teacher, I definitely “got” the
Research out of the University of California at Berkeley is worrying some parents. It found that youngsters who attended an “academic-oriented preschool” for about eight months outperformed peers who had received no such program. Gains were substantial, especially for Black children. “Academic preschool” means that teachers spend some class time on activities that emphasize language,