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For 30+ years now my teaching has involved empowering students to be in charge of their own learning.  Primarily, this has meant showing them how to maximize what they study but recently I have begun to help them understand how they learn; hoping this will lead to understanding and enjoyment for learning.  You might say that I teach study skills, and I do, but what became very clear to me even as a student was that study skills classes are only good if the skills are practiced and reinforced in class. And so I made it a mission of mine that a portion of every class I teach integrates learning skills as part of the curriculum.

Almost none of what I do is my invention, I just continue to learn from others and add the ideas to the mixing bowl; what I serve up is a collection of those ideas and I am continually changing and adding ideas to the pantry.  Recently I have been asked to share my ideas with other teachers both on line and at workshops.  I thought to myself that maybe I should put the ideas on paper, ok on electronic paper as a blog—And so the Intentional Learner was created.

My intention is to present information both for teachers and students on topics like exam prep, test taking, focusing in class, time management.  I hope that you enjoy the read and please- as I want to continue to learn- add your comments and ideas.