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Category Archives: Motivation
Getting Girls Interested in Science
How can we get more girls (especially middle grades girls!) interested in science, technology, engineering, and math? So maybe we should be working to insure that our middle grades programs feature hands-on science and technology activities, field trips, role models, … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought, Motivation
Tagged Girls, Girls and Science, STEM
Complex Reasoning: Curriculum for Customized Learning
The second domain of curriculum for Customized Learning is complex reasoning. Lesson planning and unit development happens at the intersection of content knowledge, complex reasoning, and life-long habits of mind. We want learners to be – doing these reasoning processes … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Order Thinking, Uncategorized
Tagged Bea McGarvey, Complex Reasoning, Curriculum Organization
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Tone of Voice Matters (In Surprising Ways)
In one of the schools I worked with a while ago, we were working hard to implement an engaging, project-based curriculum with hard-to-teach students, the hardest in the city. As with many hard-to-teach students, ours could be challenging. But where … Continue reading
Not All Motivators Are Created Equal
I continue to get questions from educators about motivating seemingly unmotivated students. The teachers are often frustrated because they are “trying hard” and “working hard,” but with little to no payoff. When I talk more with those teachers, I find … Continue reading
Sometimes Humor is the Best Way to Correct Behavior
So, one of your hard to teach student has just acted up in class again. Or maybe he isn't acting out, but just won't do the assignment or get into the lesson. What do you do? You've got to do … Continue reading
Posted in Inviting Schools
Tagged Behavior, Classroom Management, Good Teaching, Helping Students Succeed, Humor, Motivating Underachievers
We Must Do More Than Fill Students’ Vessels
I was especially dissatisfied with my own teaching when I started. Early in my teaching career, I was presented with a paradox that continues to shape my interests in education. When I was teaching high school computer application courses, my … Continue reading
The Importance of Helping Students Save Face
Are your hard to teach and underachieving students friendly and kind? Easy to get along with? Or are they often the students that drive your blood pressure up and tax your patience? If your experience is like mine, I'm guessing … Continue reading
Posted in Inviting Schools
Tagged Behavior, Helping Students Succeed, Motivating Underachievers
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Kindling Fires of Curiosity
“A mind is a fire to kindled, not a vessel to be filled.” (Plutarch) I am a Mainer who has lived in several homes heated by wood stoves, and have done living history, and have gone camping, so I am … Continue reading
Making Lessons Interesting 2
It may not be possible to always tie curriculum into the students’ interests, even when teachers know their students well. I do believe, however, that we can make things interesting. Take, for example, adjectives. This is typically a topic that … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Order Thinking, Motivation
Tagged Good Teaching, interests/Interesting, Intrinsic Motivation, Student Engagement
Making Lessons Interesting 1
Intrinsic motivation (things that we're interested in) is probably our most powerful motivator. Interest as a motivator is not just building on what students are already interested in. It is also about making things interesting. Can you use novelty? Can … Continue reading
Posted in Motivation
Tagged Good Teaching, interests/Interesting, Intrinsic Motivation
