Motivation in the Classroom, Drive!
David Pink emphasizes moving away from extrinsically motivated tasks to intrinsically motivated tasks. What does this look like in a classroom and how does purpose lead to excellence?
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An Educators Guide: Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom
In today’s society, we are oftentimes only focusing on extrinsic motivation. What do we have to do in order to receive rewards and avoid punishment? […]
Teaching in the Margins
What is Teaching in the Margins? Teaching in the margins refers to educators who promote diversity and curiosity within their classrooms. They encourage their students […]
Moving from the Center
Margins are a space between worlds, where two unrelated realms meet. Blurring the lines between “this” and “that”, it is an exceptional place to make […]
Revitalizing Science Teaching
Standardized education is an experience most people in the United States can recall. Eight hours a day, spent in a building where you are expected […]
What it Means to be Exemplary in Teaching Science
Going above and beyond for your students is the perfect example of what it means to be Exemplary in Teaching Science. Let us take a […]
Combating Misconceptions Before Class Even Starts
Birds flap their wings up and down to fly, blood in our veins is blue, seeds are not alive, and when wood burns the wood […]
Gotta See it to Believe it! Make Thinking Visible in Your Science Classroom
Making Thinking Visible by Karen Morrison, Mark Church, and Ron Ritchhart is a text the EDT431 cohort women have been studying lately. Sometimes it’s hard […]
3 Ways of Bringing Your Students Thinking and Understanding to Life
Students know and understand so much in our course, right? If we focus on content and rush through the standards then are we leaving our […]
BEST ways to engage students in science classrooms!
1. Demonstrations I think this is personally my favorite way to become engaged in a concept. I like to physically see an example happening so […]