Dear colleague, Another thing my students often do when setting goals earlier on in the semester is say that their goal (or Wish in WOOP parlance) is to improve their grades and their Plan is to work harder. “Working harder,” I tell them, “is a terrific recipe for being anxious and getting down on yourself. […]
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The Best Pop-Up Debate Prompt in my Repertoire (Valued Within Exercise)
Dear colleague, Today, let’s look at a Valued Within exercise that we can do via one of my favorite instructional activities: Pop-Up Debates. As you’ll recall, Valued Within exercises are any activity that has students figuring out why the work of learning is valuable to them. Unlike Mini-Sermons, in which creating and communicating Value messages […]
