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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sad the listserv was deactivated. I really enjoyed the article a parent shared right before it was shut down, the one about the teacher spending a day as a student and how they learned first hand how they would change their class structure to accomodate what engages more and feels less deadening? I would have loved to suggest a book I just began (Make It Stick) which discusses what science has revealed about learning and memory, and that one of the things Basis has going for it is the constant testing - or what this book would call "interuptting forgetting"; the act of actively retrieving information strengthens the nueral pathways and makes the information more accessible. So, yay flashcards and testing, but yay making real world connections to the concepts you learn as well; hence, making it stick. Learning can be done anywhere, for my kid Basis just makes the skills of introducing concepts and "interuptting forgetting" of those concepts a daily fact. [/quote]

The one thing about that article that struck me and seemed Basis-like in a negative way, was the effects of constant sitting and few opportunities for class participation.  Also the eye rolling and derision by teachers.

But these kids were in high school and had 15 minutes between classes.  Reminded me of the mom complaining that making kids sit until 4pm with only 5 minute breaks is hard for 10 year olds at coffee hour.  My kid has never complained, but I think girls are different.  5th vs 9th also very different.[/quote]

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