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Natural Learning Experiences: How we Learn From Life’s Lessons
Natural Learning Experiences: How we Learn From Life’s Lessons

Natural Learning Experiences: How we Learn From Life’s Lessons

I’m sure when you reflect on your most transformative moment; you will think of a lesson that you weren’t planning on learning that day. Educators and parents alike call these memories natural learning experiences, and they can be both contrived and spontaneous.

How Do I Learn? CLE Students Talk Metacognition
How Do I Learn? CLE Students Talk Metacognition

How Do I Learn? CLE Students Talk Metacognition

We recently had a roundtable discussion with students from CLE Rockville about this term, which the dictionary defines as: higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning. Or put simply, thinking about how you think. Why do we want to do this? Because understanding how you think and how you process information can help lead to effective strategies for learning and studying.

Life on the Spectrum: an Inside Perspective
Life on the Spectrum: an Inside Perspective

Life on the Spectrum: an Inside Perspective

Each day as we wake and venture into the world, we strive to impact our communities by being a productive citizen; contributing our skills and responding to one another with simple acts of kindness.