Read about the application of scaffolding to learning and the Internet, scaffolding and Vygotsky's theory, and constructivist exercises. (
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffolding.html
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Examines research findings involving peer tutoring in math, language arts, and other subjects; describes high-needs students as tutors, why peer tutoring works, obstacles to us, how to address these obstacles, and provides abstracts of a number of articles on peer tutoring. (
http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/9/c018.html
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Explore the web site of Success for All, the nation's most comprehensive and effective school-restructuring program for elementary education in reading, writing, mathematics, and the social sciences. (
http://www.successforall.net/index.htm
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Lots of good links to information about memory, including memory and computers, how and why people remember, forgetting, and memory games. (
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/links.html
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This site offers extensive links to information about critical thinking, including a brief history of the concept, recommended readings, basic questions and answers, and many critical thinking resources for teachers. (
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/crit-elesec.html
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Explores what the Jasper Project is, how it is different from many other projects, examples of Jasper adventures, Jasper in the classroom, and Jasper-related projects. (
http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/projects/funded/jasper/Jasperhome.html
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Teresa Amabile, a leading researcher in creativity, discusses her current research interests and lists her publications. (
http://dor.hbs.edu/fi_redirect.jhtml?facInfo=bio&facEmId=tamabile
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Project Zero's mission is to enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts and other disciplines. This web site describes the Project's current directions and research, which include creativity and leadership, art works for schools, a visual thinking curriculum, an education and arts project, and Arts PROPEL, which involves an integration of teaching and assessment. (
http://pzweb.harvard.edu/
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Explore the web site of the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, which publishes the Mental Measurements Yearbook, an extensive description and evaluation of tests in many areas. Here you can learn more about tests in such areas as achievement, intelligence, personality, and vocations. (
http://www.unl.edu/buros/
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Extensive links to web sites with information about Gardner's multiple intelligences view, including how technology can be used to enhance the eight intelligences, a multiple intelligences bookshelf, and Gardner's personal web site. (
http://www.miresearch.org/
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