RESEARCH+AND+RESOURCES


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Krashen, Stephen, Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use, 2003. []

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"So muscle activity is a cue to keep a synapse stable, and synaptic inactivity is a cue to disassemble a synapse," says Jeff W. Lichtman, M.D., Ph.D., and professor of neurobiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "So if you lose activity, you lose receptors. But if you regain activity, you get those receptors back." []

[] moving in a cross-body motion (students may do this standing still, moving slowly, dancing or sitting) has proven success in improving reading, writing, number and lowercase letter recognition, eye tracking and integration of right- and left-brain thinking skills.
 * Action-Based Learning Activities for the Classroom **

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