Singapore Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/singapore/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Wed, 08 Nov 2017 16:47:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Singapore Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/singapore/ 32 32 Education’s Failing Grade https://mind-at-work.com/educations-failing-grade/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 16:47:13 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=2427 In 2016, Minneapolis scholar Katherine Kersten reported that public schools were the most dangerous places in St. Paul, MN. The use of obscene language, overturning of furniture and trash cans, and fistfights had become common in grade schools, she noted, and even worse behaviors—including physical attacks on teachers, death-threats, and multi-student riots—were occurring in high [...]

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]]> The Role of Attitude in Learning https://mind-at-work.com/role-attitude-learning/ Tue, 26 Nov 2013 13:48:18 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=685 The role of attitude is often ignored in discussions of educational achievement. One reason is that the usual definition of attitude—a “disposition” or “feeling”—is too vague to be helpful. A better definition is a belief expressed indirectly through tone of voice, mannerism, or behavior. Like other beliefs, attitudes can be reasonable or foolish. Unlike other [...]

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