Hey there, colleague! Continuing on with the mini-series we started yesterday, let me make a quick announcement and then we’ll get to today’s simple strategy. Announcement/Request: If you’re planning to register yourself or a group for next week’s all-virtual PD day, can you let me know by this weekend? Enrollment is currently low and I […]
Student Motivation at the End of the School Year
Hey there, colleague — how are you doing? We’ve just finished our state testing at my school, and after a couple days of proctoring, I gotta tell ya — I’m ready to do some teaching. 🙂 So here’s the deal. The way I see it, there are two ways to end this school year. Scenario […]
Value Booster: Why Are You Here?
Recently while reading Professor Ayelet Fishbach’s Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation, I came across this line that made me think about my students a bit but the students of electives teachers a ton. In 2006, psychologist Kentaro Fujita and his colleagues had people answer a series of why or how […]
Learning Lesson 8: It’s Easy to Trick Yourself into Thinking You Know More Than You Know
Hey there, colleague! What follows is the last of a series of mini-lessons that teach secondary students how to learn more effectively. It’s part of a series, which you can access right here. When we teach students about learning, we empower them to work smarter and get better results for their effort. This is massively […]
Learning Lesson 7: Bad Learning Strategies Are Popular
Hey there, colleague! What follows is a mini-lesson that teaches secondary students how to learn more effectively. It’s part of a series, which you can access right here. When we teach students about learning, we empower them to work smarter and get better results for their effort. This is massively important for cultivating the five […]