361: Does It Matter What Academic Skills We Teach Students First?




The College Prep Podcast show

Summary: <br> <a href="http://collegepreppodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-04-at-11.54.24-AM.png"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> Parents and educators often ask, “What order should we teach our students what academic skills?” <br> <br> <br> <br> In this episode, Gretchen rethinks whether the Study Cycle, her model for teaching students how the brain learns, really should be the center of her academic toolkit.<br> <br> <br> <br> In this fun and wide-ranging conversation, she and Megan discuss:<br> <br> <br> <br> * how one Independent Study school is choosing to structure the lessons in the Anti-Boring Toolkit for their students* the role that understanding brain theory plays in teaching students study skills* how to start with the student’s need first,* the difference between a curriculum and a toolkit,* and more<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>