Comments on: Helping kids with learning disabilities change negative habits of mind http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/ Elona Hartjes shares the insights, resources and practical classroom strategies that have earned her A Teacher of Distinction Award. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Change…the 6-letter 4-letter word aka Wishes, Hopes, and Dreams the Remix | Leading From The Heart http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-31505 Change…the 6-letter 4-letter word aka Wishes, Hopes, and Dreams the Remix | Leading From The Heart Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:57:22 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-31505 [...] read Elona’s post Helping Kids with Learning Disabilities Change Negative Habits of Mind and I am witness to the balance of reflection and action as a result of discomfort that led to [...] [...] read Elona’s post Helping Kids with Learning Disabilities Change Negative Habits of Mind and I am witness to the balance of reflection and action as a result of discomfort that led to [...]

]]> By: Elona Hartjes http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-16478 Elona Hartjes Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:06:19 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-16478 Sandford, Good for you to think big- see my new years resolution in my latest post and to do something about it. I'm pleased that you found my post of use to you. Sandford,
Good for you to think big- see my new years resolution in my latest post and to do something about it. I’m pleased that you found my post of use to you.

]]> By: Sanford Aranoff http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-16469 Sanford Aranoff Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:57:31 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-16469 I am an adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics at Rider University, active as a substitute teacher and mentor in high schools, and a retired professor of physics from Rutgers University. I have taken extensive notes from my experiences and given them to my protégés. Recently I collected them into a book. I suggest that your library purchase the book for the benefit of students, parents, and teachers. I just wrote a book, "Teaching and Helping Students Think and Do Better". This is available on amazon.com, ISBN 978-1-4196-7435-8. May I suggest that you order a copy for the library? The readers will be very pleased! The reviews are superb. Students, teachers, and professors who have looked at the book give it the highest rating. Typical comments that I hear are things like this: "Hi, Dr. Aranoff!" said a girl, "I got a 100 on the test! I am so happy! Thank you so much!" I also wrote a paper in Gifted Education Press Quarterly: http://www.GiftedEdPress.com/GEPQWINTER2008.pdf Here are some comments: "We really enjoyed the latest GEPQ and especially liked the article by Sanford Aranoff. He took a very practical approach on an eyeball to eyeball level. A lot of this really needed saying. He showed a keen awareness of the trends towards anti-scientific education that are out there. We made a hard copy of this article and will send it on to the heads of the science and math departments at Loyola Academy with the intention of their distributing it to department chairs in the Jesuit Secondary Education Association." I am an adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics at Rider University, active as a substitute teacher and mentor in high schools, and a retired professor of physics from Rutgers University. I have taken extensive notes from my experiences and given them to my protégés. Recently I collected them into a book. I suggest that your library purchase the book for the benefit of students, parents, and teachers.

I just wrote a book, “Teaching and Helping Students Think and Do Better”. This is available on amazon.com, ISBN 978-1-4196-7435-8. May I suggest that you order a copy for the library? The readers will be very pleased!

The reviews are superb. Students, teachers, and professors who have looked at the book give it the highest rating.

Typical comments that I hear are things like this: “Hi, Dr. Aranoff!” said a girl, “I got a 100 on the test! I am so happy! Thank you so much!”

I also wrote a paper in Gifted Education Press Quarterly:
http://www.GiftedEdPress.com/GEPQWINTER2008.pdf

Here are some comments:

“We really enjoyed the latest GEPQ and especially liked the article by Sanford Aranoff. He took a very practical approach on an eyeball to eyeball level. A lot of this really needed saying. He showed a keen awareness of the trends towards anti-scientific education that are out there. We made a hard copy of this article and will send it on to the heads of the science and math departments at Loyola Academy with the intention of their distributing it to department chairs in the Jesuit Secondary Education Association.”

]]> By: Change…the 6-letter 4-letter word « Leading from the Heart: teaching and learning in today’s classroom http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-16438 Change…the 6-letter 4-letter word « Leading from the Heart: teaching and learning in today’s classroom Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:31:07 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-16438 [...] read Elona’s post Helping Kids with Learning Disabilities Change Negative Habits of Mind and I am witness to the balance of reflection and action as a result of discomfort that led to [...] [...] read Elona’s post Helping Kids with Learning Disabilities Change Negative Habits of Mind and I am witness to the balance of reflection and action as a result of discomfort that led to [...]

]]> By: Tracy Rosen http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-16432 Tracy Rosen Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:13:49 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-16432 I would definitely find that rubric useful, Elona! Thanks! I would definitely find that rubric useful, Elona! Thanks!

]]> By: Elona Hartjes http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-16405 Elona Hartjes Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:36:36 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-16405 Tracy, It's so nice to hear from you again. I'm glad that you find my ideas useful. My students love the first F.I.L.M. project we did. They are going to do the interview of an adult and film it. They were so excited when I told them that was next. Of course everything takes much longer with my spec. ed. class- about 3 times longer. I have to get over wanting them to do a the same volume of work as kids who don't have learning disabilities. They are so strong orally, I forget that the written stuff takes them so long. I'm looking for other ways that they can demonstrate their learning. I have a rubric for classroom discussions so they take them seriously. I'll look for it when I get back to work and then post it. Maybe someone will find it useful. Good luck with the F.I.L.M. site. Tracy,
It’s so nice to hear from you again. I’m glad that you find my ideas useful. My students love the first F.I.L.M. project we did. They are going to do the interview of an adult and film it. They were so excited when I told them that was next. Of course everything takes much longer with my spec. ed. class- about 3 times longer. I have to get over wanting them to do a the same volume of work as kids who don’t have learning disabilities. They are so strong orally, I forget that the written stuff takes them so long. I’m looking for other ways that they can demonstrate their learning. I have a rubric for classroom discussions so they take them seriously. I’ll look for it when I get back to work and then post it. Maybe someone will find it useful.

Good luck with the F.I.L.M. site.

]]> By: Tracy Rosen http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-16388 Tracy Rosen Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:18:56 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-16388 Hi Elona - it's been a long time! This post is an inspiration to me. I have been feeling down about my teaching for the past couple of months. I haven't been feeling like I am accomplishing anything and have let myself slide. I need to keep reminding myself that it is my first year at a new school and that I work with a challenging group of students (13 students, 12-19 years old, all together in a self-contained classroom, ability ranging from preK to gifted at the extremes!) I like the ideas you presented here and am on my way now to FILM to explore some more. Wishing you a wonderful 08, Tracy Hi Elona – it’s been a long time! This post is an inspiration to me. I have been feeling down about my teaching for the past couple of months. I haven’t been feeling like I am accomplishing anything and have let myself slide. I need to keep reminding myself that it is my first year at a new school and that I work with a challenging group of students (13 students, 12-19 years old, all together in a self-contained classroom, ability ranging from preK to gifted at the extremes!)
I like the ideas you presented here and am on my way now to FILM to explore some more.
Wishing you a wonderful 08,
Tracy

]]> By: Elona http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-16025 Elona Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:20:03 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-16025 Kathy, Thanks for taking the time to comment and provide us with the links. While it is true that some people will go on to be entrepreneurs, many kids will drop out of "life" before that because they are so discouraged and do not have families that can give them the support they need. Schools need to give them support by changing the programs they offer these kids. I'm in the process of trying to do this and have the war of some people who can help make these changes. Let's cross our fingers! By the way, I visited your blog and am encouraged to see that you are challenging the status quo. Keep it up! Kathy,
Thanks for taking the time to comment and provide us with the links. While it is true that some people will go on to be entrepreneurs, many kids will drop out of “life” before that because they are so discouraged and do not have families that can give them the support they need. Schools need to give them support by changing the programs they offer these kids. I’m in the process of trying to do this and have the war of some people who can help make these changes. Let’s cross our fingers!

By the way, I visited your blog and am encouraged to see that you are challenging the status quo. Keep it up!

]]> By: Kathy Rollheiser http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-16012 Kathy Rollheiser Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:37:47 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-16012 Hi Elona I just discovered your blog, and will check back often, thanks. I am a special ed consultant in BC Canada. I thought you might like to check out this New York Times story. Here is the opening: "Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia By BRENT BOWERS Published: December 6, 2007 New York Times It has long been known that dyslexics are drawn to running their own businesses, where they can get around their weaknesses in reading and writing and play on their strengths. But a new study of entrepreneurs in the United States suggests that http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/dyslexia is much more common among small-business owners than even the experts had thought." The whole story is at the URL below. Your students who are suffering low self esteem because of their learning disabilities might like to know that many adult sufferers go on to be extremely successful. Here is the url: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/business/06dyslexia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin I have taught students with LD for 20 plus years too. I imagine like me, you have seen the system go through a lot of changes. If you have a moment, visit my Blant... (blog and rant!) about special education. Kathy Hi Elona

I just discovered your blog, and will check back often, thanks. I am a special ed consultant in BC Canada. I thought you might like to check out this New York Times story. Here is the opening:

“Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia

By BRENT BOWERS
Published: December 6, 2007
New York Times

It has long been known that dyslexics are drawn to running their own businesses, where they can get around their weaknesses in reading and writing and play on their strengths. But a new study of entrepreneurs in the United States suggests that http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/dyslexia is much more common among small-business owners than even the experts had thought.” The whole story is at the URL below.

Your students who are suffering low self esteem because of their learning disabilities might like to know that many adult sufferers go on to be extremely successful.

Here is the url: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/business/06dyslexia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I have taught students with LD for 20 plus years too. I imagine like me, you have seen the system go through a lot of changes. If you have a moment, visit my Blant… (blog and rant!) about special education.

Kathy

]]> By: Elona http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-15882 Elona Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:30:12 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2007/12/16/helping-students-with-learning-disabilities-change-negative-habits-of-mind/#comment-15882 Mathew, Thanks for the link to http:/www.dosomething.org. I like the way the site tries to link kids with projects. As for the new colour scheme, it's interesting that you should mention its cheerness. Thank you. I think that the cheerier colour reflects my optimism about the new approach I'm taking with my students using the F.I.L.M. resources. I truly believe that my students will come to see themselves as winners because of what they do for others. That is definitely something to be cheerful about. Mathew,
Thanks for the link to http:/www.dosomething.org. I like the way the site tries to link kids with projects. As for the new colour scheme, it’s interesting that you should mention its cheerness. Thank you. I think that the cheerier colour reflects my optimism about the new approach I’m taking with my students using the F.I.L.M. resources. I truly believe that my students will come to see themselves as winners because of what they do for others. That is definitely something to be cheerful about.

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