Tag Archives: comprehension

It’s not the test. It’s how we get there.

July 31, 2014 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

I vividly remember my elementary school years. (Oh, wait. I’m old enough that this meant K-9, although some programs were K-8.) Our schools gave us homework every night, quizzes at least once a week, and tests every two weeks. Nowadays, that is considered bad form. For all the wrong reasons.

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Ga Ga Goo

July 28, 2014 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

I admit it. It’s been years since I had a little baby around routinely. That doesn’t mean I don’t recall how it was when those first few words and sounds emanated from my precious child’s mouth. (It was the same feelings with my grandson, of course.) And, there are tons of babies who come into “my” coffee shop, where I am the surrogate grandpa.

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