Saturday, August 29, 2015

Educational Resources & Tech Tools 08/30/2015

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Educational Resources & Tech Tools 08/26/2015

    • Kids tend to fare better when they regard intelligence and other abilities not as fixed traits that they either have or lack, but as attributes that can be improved through effort.
    • Regardless of their track record, kids tend to do better in the future if they believe that how well they did in the past was primarily a result of effort.
    • even some people who are educators would rather convince students they need to adopt a more positive attitude than address the quality of the curriculum (what the students are being taught) or the pedagogy (how they’re being taught).
    • An awful lot of schooling still consists of making kids cram forgettable facts into short-term memory. And the kids themselves are seldom consulted about what they’re doing, even though genuine excitement about (and proficiency at) learning rises when they’re brought into the process, invited to search for answers to their own questions and engage in extended projects.
    • But the first problem with this seductively simple script change is that praising children for their effort carries problems of its own, as several studies have confirmed: It can communicate that they’re really not very capable and therefore unlikely to succeed at future tasks. (“If you’re complimenting me just for trying hard, I must really be a loser.”)

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Educational Resources & Tech Tools 08/20/2015

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Monday, August 3, 2015

Educational Resources & Tech Tools 08/04/2015

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