Self-examination is the key to noodle-making and other accomplishments.
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Stories of success for at risk learners in the nation's schools
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Blio is an ereader that can read various formats including PDF, epub and XML. What does this mean for students with reading disabilities or dyslexia?
Blio includes: > a text-to-speech feature that will cost $10; > a sync feature where it will sync audio books with test and highlight the word as it is being read; > a notetaking feature where you can select text and add a note; > a visual customization feature that can change the view, text size, etc. > a reading speed feature; > a search text feature; > a one-touch look up feature that can locate the definition of a word. Via Kathleen McClaskey, Maggie Rouman, Tina Marie DeLong Delete the scoop?
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".....During the 1970s, Chris Argyris, a business theorist at Harvard Business School (and now, at 89, a professor emeritus) began to research what happens to organizations and people, like Mr. Chang, when they find obstacles in their paths.
Professor Argyris called the most common response single loop learning — an insular mental process in which we consider possible external or technical reasons for obstacles.
LESS common but vastly more effective is the cognitive approach that Professor Argyris called double-loop learning. In this mode we — like Mr. Chang — question every aspect of our approach, including our methodology, biases and deeply held assumptions. This more psychologically nuanced self-examination requires that we honestly challenge our beliefs and summon the courage to act on that information, which may lead to fresh ways of thinking about our lives and our goals.
In interviews we did with high achievers for a book, we expected to hear that talent, persistence, dedication and luck played crucial roles in their success. Surprisingly, however, self-awareness played an equally strong role.
The successful people we spoke with — in business, entertainment, sports and the arts — all had similar responses when faced with obstacles: they subjected themselves to fairly merciless self-examination that prompted reinvention of their goals and the methods by which they endeavored to acheive them...."