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Don't do drills. Instead, play small, addictive games. This tip is about the way you think about your practice. The term drill evokes a sense of drudgery and meaninglessness. It's mechanical, repetitive, and boring. As the saying goes, drill and kill. Games, on the other hand, are precisely the opposite.
They mean fun, connectedness, and passion. And because of that, skills improve faster when they're looked at this way.
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Don't do drills. Instead, play small, addictive games. This tip is about the way you think about your practice. The term drill evokes a sense of drudgery and meaninglessness. It's mechanical, repetitive, and boring. As the saying goes, drill and kill. Games, on the other hand, are precisely the opposite.
They mean fun, connectedness, and passion. And because of that, skills improve faster when they're looked at this way.
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IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:
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Improve student performance on state assessments
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