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The Zaner-Bloser (also Zaner-Bloser Method) is a teaching script for handwriting based on Latin script as well as a system of penmanship instruction, which originated around 1904 at the Zanerian College of Penmanship in Columbus, Ohio. Charles P. Zaner (1864–1918) and Elmer W. Bloser (1865–1929), originally a Spencerian Method instructor ...
dyslexia, written language learning disability [ 1] Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder [ 2] and learning disability that concerns impairments in written expression, which affects the ability to write, primarily handwriting, but also coherence. It is a specific learning disability (SLD) as well as a transcription disability, meaning that it ...
Grace Maxwell Fernald (November 29, 1879 – January 16, 1950) was an educational psychologist and influential figure in early twentieth century literacy education. Fernald established "the first clinic for remedial instruction in 1921 at the University of California, Los Angeles". [1] Tracing tactile learning tendencies back to Quintilian ...
Leave No Trace, sometimes written as LNT, is a set of ethics promoting conservation of the outdoors. Originating in the mid-20th century, the concept started as a movement in the United States in response to ecological damage caused by wilderness recreation. [ 1] In 1994, the non-profit Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics was formed to ...
Children working with a moveable alphabet at a Montessori school [ 1] The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. [ 2]
Reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding-out words or using print-to-sound relationships.Since phonics focuses on the sounds and letters within words (i.e. sublexical), [13] it is often contrasted with whole language (a word-level-up philosophy for teaching reading) and a compromise approach called balanced literacy (the attempt to combine whole language and ...
TRACE (psycholinguistics) TRACE is a connectionist model of speech perception, proposed by James McClelland and Jeffrey Elman in 1986. [ 1] It is based on a structure called "the TRACE," a dynamic processing structure made up of a network of units, which performs as the system's working memory as well as the perceptual processing mechanism. [ 2]
As summer begins to wind down, most children and teenagers across the U.S. are getting ready to head back to school. Not far behind the start of the school year is the typical start of the season ...