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Jan Smith's List: Motivation/Engagement
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Sep 27, 08
Question: In recent months, there's been a big uproar about students being paid to take standardized tests—and being paid even more if they do well. Can cognitive science shed any light on this debate? Is it harmful to students to reward them like this? What about more typical rewards like a piece of candy or five extra minutes of recess?
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Sep 27, 08
Ask the Cognitive Scientist AFT - Publications - American Educator - Winter 2005-06
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Nov 22, 08
“It might surprise parents to learn that it is not a waste of time for their teens to hang out online,” says Mizuko Ito, University of California, Irvine researcher and the lead author of the most extensive U.S. study to date on teens and their use of digital media. The study showed that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online often in ways adults do not understand or value.
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Nov 23, 08
Digital scaffolds are essential to motivating online activities - if you want to do more than swap the exercise book for the glass page.
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Nov 26, 08
engagement, learning
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Apr 06, 09
Motivation plays a critical role in student learning and achievement; it is intimately
related to the ways students think, feel, and act in schools -
Apr 09, 09
Tell Them From Me is an assessment system that measures a wide variety of indicators of student engagement and wellness, and classroom and school climate that are known to affect learning outcomes. The anonymous survey covers areas including: perceptions of testing, involvement in sports teams and clubs, attendance, hours spent watching TV, a sense of belonging, post-graduation goals, bullying, self esteem, student anxiety and depression.
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