It looks like a lot of us are going to be distance teaching for a while. I’ve been thinking and reading and reflecting on what this means and how we’d be wisest to approach it. Before I begin, let me be transparent: I’ve been paralyzed at the keyboard on this topic — far more so, […]
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When It Comes to Student Motivation, There Are No Novices
By the time we become teachers, we’ve had thousands of hours to contemplate and observe all kinds of learning environments. We’ve experienced motivating and demotivating circumstances. We’ve witnessed inspired and uninspired lessons. And we’ve struggled through incoherent curricula and flourished in clear and cumulative ones. And then as soon as we arrive at that moment […]
Host a Student Motivation Workshop
Hi there! Thank you for considering the opportunity to host a student motivation workshop at your facility. Pricing: $175 — includes lunch and a copy of These 6 Things $275 — includes above plus registration to all-online, schedule-friendly Student Motivation Course ($199 value — perfect for extending the learning into summer and following school year) $497 — includes […]
Learning vs. Task-Completing
Many of my students, when pressed, struggle to say just what learning is. They can tell you about completing tasks, checking grades, keeping track of emergency passes, and so on. In other words, they are aware of schoolish behaviors. But they can’t tell you exactly what’s happening when they learn or how one goes about […]
When You’re Speaking to Students, Speak Your Best (Plus a Primer on How We Learn to Read)
In a 2020 study published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly, researchers from Temple University share an interesting finding: in a group of preschool and kindergarten classes, the complexity of teachers’ language during morning message and small groups had a significant relationship to students’ vocabulary development. “Together,” the researchers write, “the results imply that complex syntax […]