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10 Ways To Avert the Summer Slide | Tech Tidbits

10 Ways To Avert the Summer Slide | Tech Tidbits | Professional Learning for Busy Educators | Scoop.it
Like you, I’ve been looking for resources to help my students overcome the “summer slide.” Many of you know the research that says on average, students’ achievement scores can decline as much as one month’s worth of school-year learning. Our low income students seem to experience additional loss, and often, the loss is larger at higher grade levels. Our voracious readers enjoy reading as a year-round hobby, but we do have students who fall through the cracks.

Here are several things we can try.
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Facts and Fiction About the So-Called “Summer Slide”

Facts and Fiction About the So-Called “Summer Slide” | Professional Learning for Busy Educators | Scoop.it
Perhaps we should call it the summer ladder rather than slide. Children gain skills--especially in mathematical reasoning--in summer faster than during the school year.

Via Mark E. Deschaine, PhD
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