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Dave Stuart Jr.

Need Help with Student Motivation or Teacher Time Management? Start Here. (Plus: What’s Next on the Blog🤘)

October 12, 2021 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

Hey there, colleague! Here’s where we’ve been on the blog since mid-summer: July through August, we did a series on student motivation and the five key beliefs methodology. The Will to Learn series was super cool. I had a blast writing it. If you’ve got a warm-up cup and an hour to dive deep, here’s […]

This Is How I Teach Students to Take Notes for Learning

October 5, 2021 By Dave Stuart Jr. 1 Comment

Update from Dave: My new book is out, and it highlights ten practical methods for improving student motivation in all kinds of classrooms. One of those strategies involves clearly and repeatedly teaching students to get better at challenging skills like note-takin for learning. You can learn more about the book here. At the time of […]

A Shift then a Skip: Here’s How One Teacher’s Job Changed with a Simple Change in Thinking

September 30, 2021 By Dave Stuart Jr. 1 Comment

Robert Macfadden is a history teacher at Palmdale High School in Palmdale, CA. A while ago, Robert wrote in with the following story. There’s a very important moment in this story that I’d like to expand upon after Robert is through. So, I’ll be back in a minute. Here’s Robert: Four years ago I had […]

How to Get Better at Satisficing as an Educator

September 28, 2021 By Dave Stuart Jr. 2 Comments

Satisficing isn’t my word. It’s Nobel winner Herbert Simon’s. It means, “Doing something at the good-enough level, not the optimal level.” Few skills are as critical to the well-lived teacher’s life. Here’s why. On paper, teaching is an impossible job. So is administration. Doing education by the book in the twenty-first century is hopelessly Byzantine. […]

The Best Question for Helping You Simplify Lessons, Curricula, Policies, or Procedures

September 23, 2021 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

The question is pretty… well [looks up synonym for simple] basic: What would this look like if it had to be simple? If this lesson I’m planning had to be simple — as few moving parts as possible, as few things that could go wrong as possible, as few needless confusion points as possible — […]

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