NEW RESEARCH ON SELF-ESTEEM
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Jim Butt
May 9, 2009, 8:51:06 PM5/9/09
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NEW RESEARCH ON SELF-ESTEEM
http://sn.im/nyt-selfesteem-study
A new study suggests that confidence-building writing exercises could
improve the performance of struggling middle schoolers. Researcher
Geoffrey L. Cohen reported that the improvements in 7th graders'
achievement, which came after writing about personal values,
persisted through eighth grade. The study, reported in Science
magazine and the New York Times recently, has not been without
controversy. Critics of the "softer" side of teaching once again have
the opportunity to get snarky about self-esteem, says Nancy Flanagan,
a long-time middle grades music teacher who blogs at Teacher in a
Strange Land: http://sn.im/nf-selfesteem
http://sn.im/nyt-selfesteem-study
A new study suggests that confidence-building writing exercises could
improve the performance of struggling middle schoolers. Researcher
Geoffrey L. Cohen reported that the improvements in 7th graders'
achievement, which came after writing about personal values,
persisted through eighth grade. The study, reported in Science
magazine and the New York Times recently, has not been without
controversy. Critics of the "softer" side of teaching once again have
the opportunity to get snarky about self-esteem, says Nancy Flanagan,
a long-time middle grades music teacher who blogs at Teacher in a
Strange Land: http://sn.im/nf-selfesteem
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