Many common teaching practices are not anxiety-friendly (e.g. pop quizzes, true/false exam questions, heavily-weighted group projects, high

Barriers that are often overlooked or dismissed are invisible emotional challenges such as anxiety. One reason for not recognizing or...

“Brain research shows that much academic content is processed primarily in the left hemisphere, but that the right hemisphere processes cont

I found this week’s Schunk (2012) chapter to be absolutely fascinating! The readings made me curious as to whether the same regions of...

Sign language is a tactile language. Thus, it is quite natural for a sign language lesson plan to operate mainly in the psychomotor domain.

While language learning is often considered a mainly cognitive task, in many ways the psychomotor domain is a better fit for teaching visual

Social cognitive theory posits that behavior change and learning occurs through the vicarious observation of others and the development...

The following examples show that even with having native teachers, my language learning experiences varied greatly due to the teacher’s beha

Many teachers give surprise pop quizzes. These exams trigger fight, flight, or freeze emotional responses in students; they inhibit even the

I took a course on Curriculum Design for two reasons. First, I am a sign language teacher who finds the current ASL curriculum options to...