This example of visual perception was named after a 1950 Japanese movie, Rashomon,  produced by Akira Kurosawa. The movie tells the story...

Six Blind Men From India (Hindustan) - A Folk Tale           Six old men who were born blind lived in a village in India. They were...

With a few seconds left in the conference championship football game, the Shadyside High School Oaks are down 7 points to the Kingston...

I have a concern when I see spectators cheering when opponents commit errors, fail to play well, or even suffer an injury. Instead of...

Recently, in a Women's NCAA Tournament game a call by one of the officials has been questioned - quite thoroughly. With seconds left to...

The Learnable Moment is a great opportunity in the life of a “teacher” of any kind. In schools we call it “The Teachable Moment”. In...

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly -- at first. Let’s think about this. Isn’t this the way the world works? We all make mistakes...

I'm back in my good old days teaching and enjoying teaching my sixth graders. I have just passed the arithmetic test they took on adding...

When I conduct seminars on Motivation and Goal Setting, I begin by telling the participants to relax, close their eyes, and do some deep...

In a book Dr. Pierro wrote on Achievement Testing, he insisted that the conditions in which his children were taking the achievement test...

While being interviewed for a position at a new college, I let it slip that I had coached junior high school basketball and softball. One...

When I get out to the driving range, I go through all of my clubs starting with the wedges and finishing with the driver. I hit each club...

The teams that we coach are located in many different physical environments; clubs, schools, cities, neighborhoods; each having different...

Definition Player-centered Coaching means exactly what it says – we are putting our Players into the proper focus – they are the center...

Mr. Reed has just given his 18 junior-high school math students their homework assignment of 20 examples of subtraction of mixed...

Introduction Last week we shared Flanders’ Interaction Analysis with you in a teacher/classroom setting. This week we will explore the...

There were many differences between the Traditional School of Education and the Progressive School of Edition and the most important was...

The process Thinking encompasses all of the previous seven concepts plus other connections. When you do a computer search on the concept...

You are four games into the new season and it’s time for you and your assistant coaches, Allison Long and Joe Ames, to review how your...

Day: Tuesday Time: 4:00 p.m. Place: Doug’s Donut Shop Attendants: The Falcons’ Coach and Assistant Coaches Allison Long and Joe Ames...