Archives : May, 2011

Rewards

Extrinsic motivation has been discussed for decades. Still, in education we see it used often to obtain desired behaviors and to convince students to dedicate time to learning. What are we teaching these students when we use such strategies?

Some facets of being a teacher

The other day, talking to teachers I work with, I stated a few lessons I learned concerning parent-teacher relationships. One of the key enlightenments I had, in my opinion, was

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