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Los Angeles County, CA November 8, 2011 Election
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How Children Learn Best

By Lisa Christine Wilkin

Candidate for Governing Board Member; El Segundo Unified School District

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Research has shown us how to optimize learning for children. It is what we should strive for to benefit all students, within the limits of funding and district structure.
  • Children learn best in small groups, small classrooms, small schools.

  • Children learn best when they are involved in active, in-depth learning. Hands-on experiences are better.

  • Children learn best when they are allowed to make choices.

  • Children learn best to make good decisions by making decisions not by following directions.

  • Children learn best when they are successful both in the classroom and on the playground.

  • Children learn best when the subject is interesting and meaningful to them personally. We want to create learning experiences that sustain a child's curiosity and are deeply engaging.

  • Children learn best when they have a relationship with a consistent, caring adult over a long period of time.

  • Children learn best in long blocks of ininterrupted time.

  • Children learn best when their teachers are less concerned about if they got the right answer and more concerned with how they got to the answer.

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