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engagement
5 articles on engagement, newest first.
Why Credits and Games Keep a Homeschooled Child Coming BackA homeschooled child has no classmates to keep up with and no bell to answer. The thing that brings them back to the desk tomorrow has to be built in. Here is what is built in, and the research behind it.Read the article →
Scrolling Lessons Instead of Slide Decks: What ChangesStudents scroll for hours and sit through slides for minutes. Using the format they already read fluently is a real gain, but be careful which gain you claim.Read the article →
Why Students Scroll, and How to Use It Instead of Fighting ItThe habit schools complain about is a trained skill: rapid evaluation, self-pacing, and instant abandonment of anything that does not earn attention. Learning material can meet that standard.Read the article →
Remote and Home Schooling That Students Actually FinishThe hard part of remote learning was never delivering the material. It was that nobody was in the room, and self-paced work only works when finishing is designed in.Read the article →
Why a Child's Engagement With Digital Devices Matters, and Where Parents Should LookChildren will spend their working lives with screens. The question was never whether they use devices, but whether they learn to use them as tools or get used by them. Here is what to watch.Read the article →Related topics