Campbell: It comes with difficulties on many different levels. For example, offering self-directed learning means that sometimes we will prescribe things for the learner because we want to awaken a ...

I have the Self-Directed Learning course to thank for many accomplishments…SDL allowed me to think about my passions in an academic setting. Without this course I would not have had the tools to ...

The term “at risk” is loosely defined and using it as a umbrella descriptor for struggling students is a slippery slope. At my suburban school in South Carolina, the term is used liberally to describe ...

Guests: Ken Danford, executive director of North Star: Self Directed Learning for Teens; and Catherine Gobron, North Star’s assistant director. Anthony Rebora, teachermagazine.org (Moderator): Welcome ...

If you want someone to be motivated to complete a task, a reward (like a gold star or grade) works well only for tasks that are highly routine; anything involving creativity or deeper thinking ...

“I haven’t met many self-directed teenagers,” said a frustrated high school teacher during a recent presentation. As we contemplate the vast problem of teenage disengagement and the apparent low level ...

When Jace Rossignol was in fifth grade, he was breezing through seventh grade math and scored on an 11th grade reading level in the statewide MCAS exam. His elementary school could not accommodate him ...

Who can resist the romanticism of self-taught achievers? They didn't need school. They didn't need "the system." They needed only their passion and their talent to propel themselves to grandeur. Bill ...