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Consistency
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. The book Atomic Habits introduced me to the 1% rule, making marginal improvements over the long haul. If you were to get get 1% better a day, that’s 37.78% improvement over a year….
Martian perseverance
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. On February 18, 2020, NASA landed the rover Perseverance on Mars. Half of all Mars missions end in failure, who knew it was so hard to land on a planet millions of…
If you’re not paying for the service, then you’re the product
The state of privacy in America from the Pew Research Center Fully 91% of adults agree or strongly agree that consumers have lost control of how personal information is collected and used by companies. So our online habits are being mined by companies, is that a bad thing? Arguments can go back and forth. For…
Sharing: Flexible Seating and Student-Centered Classroom Redesign
Flexible Seating and Student-Centered Classroom Redesign | Edutopia Everything I do in my classroom is based on research and best practices for kids. Redesigning my classroom was not any different. I’ve found that some of the immediate benefits of flexible seating include burning more calories, using up excess energy, improving metabolism, increased motivation and engagement,…
Extrinsic rewards are not the best way to motivate students
“Rewards are constellations of attributes, and firms should focus more on the motivational effects of the attributes associated with a reward rather than the reward type itself,” Presslee said. “Results confirmed that each of these attributes – individually and in combination – increases employee effort and performance.” Source: Cash may not be the most effective…
The forgetting curve
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve was postulated in the late 19th century by the German Psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. He tested his memory to see when he started to forget things he has learned. After he…