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About the Other 3Rs
Project
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Articles on The Other 3 R's |
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A
Research Study for Enhancing Teaching and Learning
Goal and Background
The compelling question among educators
today is how to enhance teaching and student learning in order
to increase academic achievement. Many solutions are being offered
to respond to this question in schools throughout the nation. Committed
to science-based answers, the American Psychological Association
applied for and received a grant from the McDonnell Foundation
to organize a collaborative to investigate the effect of learning
the Other 3Rs on student academic achievement and life skills.
The goal of the pilot project conducted with MCPS was to examine
not only whether teaching the skills of reasoning, resilience and
responsibility had an impact on student learning and efficacy,
but on teacher self-efficacy as well.
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Group
that created the theoretical model of the Other 3 R's Project.
Rear, L-R, Carol Dwyer, Robert Sternberg, Mary Walsh, Barry
Zimmerman, Rena Subotnik, Roger Weissberg,
Front, L-R, Jeanine Cogan, Charlotte Danielson |
Why the Other 3Rs?
Recent research points to the importance of life skills or character education
in enhancing teaching and student learning. This focus rests on the notion
that a student's success in academics is augmented by strong problem solving
skills.
Experts have identified reasoning, resilience and responsibility as key
problem solving skills that, when learned, can benefit student achievement
and general life success strategies. The prevailing view among scientists
is that teachers can teach these skills and students can learn them.
Updated 9.13.05 |
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