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How prepared do you feel to write a literature review on a topic of your choosing?
This question is what I consider to be a loaded question! To be honest, the amount of reading in this course has been more intense than what I have encountered in any other course (and I have taken a lot of courses!). It has been a bit daunting at times, but I am starting to find my groove and am fairly confident in taking on the challenge of the literature review. The hardest part of an assignment like this one is finding enough articles from reasonable sources on the topic at hand. Especially those that are timely. Organizing everything into a coherent format will be the next challenge.
Upon completing the course, how might you use the skills that you’ve gained to seek out and apply scientific knowledge about cognition in your own educational settings?
We have a particularly challenging 6th grade entering the Upper School this fall, cognitively speaking (a group that is bright, but packed with “issues”). I plan to use some time this summer to better utilize the BTT model in my activity planning for the 2012-13 school year. After today’s staff meeting, I see that this class will benefit from attention to the specific brain targets.
In our 5-8 grades, 62% of the students are in the top 16% of academic ability compared to the national average according to recent testing. However, many of them have their own challenges that include ADHD, executive processing issues, anxiety, etc. I would love to begin utilizing the BTT model and knowledge from my coursework to better help these kids reach their full potential.
