Aryana Libris

Author : Sprenger Marilee
Title : How to teach so students remember
Year : 2005

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Introduction. I am sitting across from two of my students. Bobby is probably the best young chess player I have ever known. He also is a very good student. He wants to be a doctor just like his dad and his mom. Cory, in contrast, doesn’t care much about school and spends most of his time on his skateboard. He is the best skateboarder I have ever seen. I don’t think Cory knows where his dad is or what he does; his mother has a day care in her home. I am concerned that he is not learning very much. I am with them to see whether I can discover how they learn. “Cory, how did you get to be so good at skateboarding?” I ask. “Practice,” he replies. “OK, how did you get interested in it?” “I dunno,” he responds. “I think I just seen this guy on a board doin’ all these tricks, and I thought it was cool. I asked my brother to get me a board, and he did.” “So, you saw this guy. You bought a board. And you practiced?” “Yeah. I thought I could be good.” “Thanks, Cory. How about you, Bobby? How did you get involved with chess?” I ask him. ...