"Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day…" - 5 new articles

National Library Week is April 19th- 25th.

You might be interested in The Best Sites To Teach ELL’s About Libraries.

     

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I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature.

You can see all my “Best” lists related to education research here.

Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):

Peer relationships and student motivation: Discussion of methodological approaches is a new study that doesn’t actually say much about the impact of peer relationships on student motivation, but it does identify several other studies that do. In the past, I’ve found it difficult to find research on this topic.

Evidence-Based Approaches to Designing Effective Career and Technical Education Programs is from Ed Research For Action.

The Impact of Gamification on Student Engagement An International Literature Review is a new study. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On “Gamification” In Education — Help Me Find More.

The Impact of Social and Emotional Learning Programs Among African American Middle School Males

Community-Connected Redesign at Fremont High School is from The Learning Policy Institute.

Sleep duration and subject-specific academic performance among adolescents in China is from Nature. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Helping Teens Learn About The Importance Of Sleep.

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains is from The Guardian. I’m adding it to The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality .

     

An Iranian American Educator Speaks From a Broken Heart is a headline of one of my recent Education Week columns, a guest post from an Iranian American educator.

The Iranian children will carry their fear, confusion, and loss of safety forever.

Here are some excerpts:

     

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Readers may or may not know that I post two-or-three times a month at another blog called Engaging Parents In Schools.

They are mainly resources, and I also have a collection of related parent engagement “Best” lists (some which I need to update).

I started the blog years ago to support my first book, Building Parent Engagement In Schools.

     

From Google:

Celebrate the wonders and importance of trees with World Wide Wood, a Google Arts & Culture project dedicated to these incredible organisms. World Wide Wood features contributions from more than 100 partners in 36 countries, including natural history museums, intergovernmental organizations, conservation initiatives and research centers. Here are some highlights from the project.

I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About Trees.