Can anyone answer this question for me: What are the main differences between Fry (which I believe is used on Microsoft word) and Lexile leveling? My guess is Lexile is more nuanced than Fry, but someone asked me and I wasn't 100% sure how to respond.. Thank you! Petra
Bill IVEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! (with apologies to MiddleTalkers with whom I am also sharing this article...) Today's New York Times has an article on the insula, a part of the brain with which I was not familiar and which was described as being "crucial to the understanding of what it means to be human." The article also states, in part: "The bottom line, according to Dr. Paulus and others, is that mind and body are integrated in the insula. It provides unprecedented insight into the anatomy of human emotions.(...) The insula itself is a sort of receiving zone that reads the physiological state of the entire body and then generates subjective feelings that can bring about actions, like eating, that keep the body in a state of internal balance. Information from the insula is relayed to other brain structures that appear to be involved in decision making, especially the anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortices." While the article's purpose didn't extend to implications for brain-based learning, it does seem to confirm the principle of holistic, mind-body teaching in noting the insula's ability to turn "feelings and emotions into actions and intentions." And of course, it's another opportunity for lifelong learning :-) Link: http://tinyurl.com/3yw2nb Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive Petra Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
