Michael Niehoff
Contributor at Freelance
Lifelong Learner / Student Advocate - PBL PL Facilitator, iLEAD Getting Smart Author, PBLWorks Nat'l Faculty Emeritus, CUE Lead Learner, Google CI
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2 months ago |
gettingsmart.com | Michael Niehoff
Like many terms in education, Alternative Education has been used to define any number of learning environments. For some, it’s about a student-centered educational model that provides specialized instruction designed to meet the needs of students who may not thrive in a traditional school setting. Still, for others, it may conjure up less than romantic images of students being relegated to a set of portable classrooms out on the back forty.
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Apr 21, 2024 |
gettingsmart.com | Michael Niehoff
The unique connection between wolves and humans has been researched and chronicled in film, literature, and art. Additionally, the connection between teenagers and wolves might even be more aligned as both have a strong need to belong socially, are often misunderstood or misrepresented, and sometimes are even abused and neglected.
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Feb 2, 2024 |
biorxiv.org | Denise Smith |Geetika Aggarwal |Michael Niehoff |Spencer Jones
AbstractHeterozygous loss-of-function mutations in the progranulin gene (GRN) are a major cause of frontotemporal dementia due to progranulin haploinsufficiency; complete deficiency of progranulin causes neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Several progranulin-deficient mouse models have been generated, including both knockout mice and knockin mice harboring a common patient mutation (R493X). However, the GrnR493X mouse model has not been characterized completely.
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Dec 17, 2023 |
gettingsmart.com | Michael Niehoff
A foundational tenet of problem and project-based learning is having students address real-world problems. The students and staff at Laguna Beach High School have unearthed the natural FLOW of how to spot local challenges and equip learners with the tools, dispositions and opportunities to grapple with them. FLOW stands for Fire, Land, Ocean and Water which are four environmental issues particularly relevant to the Laguna Beach community.
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May 28, 2023 |
biorxiv.org | Michael Niehoff
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