Learning How to Talk: Action Research Exploring R.E.A.L. Discussion Instruction

Learning How to Talk: Action Research Exploring R.E.A.L. Discussion Instruction

One of the best parts of working at R.E.A.L.® Discussion is that we learn as much from the teachers who deploy our program as they learn from us. Callie Hammond, a middle school English teacher trained in the R.E.A.L.® method, recently shared her report “Learning How to Talk: How Teaching Middle School Girls the Steps…

REAL World Skills: Predictions from R.E.A.L. Students

REAL World Skills: Predictions from R.E.A.L. Students

One of the best parts of our job is seeing how the skills students learn from the R.E.A.L.® program directly affect their performance in class and elsewhere. Our dashboards allow us to gain insight into how students grow in multiple ways — in how they participate in class, in their comfort in expressing themselves, in…

Discussion Dashboards: Fall Recap & Looking Forward
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Discussion Dashboards: Fall Recap & Looking Forward

by Emily Gromoll, Director of Program We began this school year excited to launch R.E.A.L. Discussion Dashboards, our new action research tool, but we were not sure what to expect. We hoped for a few things: first, that we could learn more about which areas – namely, discussion skills, sense of belonging, growth mindset, etc….