I helped write a paper describing how parents and teachers can help bilingual children develop most effectively! Below is a visual summary. Read the full paper here: The Developing Bilingual Brain: What Parents and Teachers Should Know and Do
How to be a better learner
I created this infographic as part of my team's submission to a contest to redesign high school: http://xqsuperschool.org/challenge
One of the goals of our project is to create students who are passionate about learning and can do so independently. So these techniques can be used by anyone to take control of their own learning.
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