Top Test Scores From Shanghai Stun Educators

With China’s debut in international standardized testing, students in Shanghai have surprised experts by outscoring their counterparts in dozens of other countries, in reading as well as in math and science, according to the results of a respected exam.........

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/education/07education.html?_r=1

Self-affirmation exercises

From Daniel Willingham - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/achievement-gap/willingham-close-to-a-magic-bu.html

Interview with MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin

If a student says "I find physics boring and dull", it simply means only one thing: they had a bad teacher. Any good teacher can turn physics into something absolutelly spectacular. (Walter Lewin)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97oTDANuZco