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Intrinsic Motivation and Collaborative Learning in School | Edutopia
9 hours ago · Thinking about rewards: Tangible rewards, ranging from dollar bills to marshmallows, undercut intrinsic motivation, even when offered to students as signals of competence.However, intrinsic motivation is not affected when a reward is unanticipated or not dependent on task performance. For example, if you consistently reward correct answers with stickers, students may focus more on the sticker ...
Sentence Stems Tips for the Classroom | Edutopia
8 hours ago · For example, a teacher might discuss how the long “a” sound is sometimes spelled by vowel teams “ai” and “ay.” From there, the teacher could facilitate inquiry into where students believe each vowel team shows up most often in words (in this case, “ai” in the beginning or middle of syllables and “ay” at the end) and offer opportunities for students to …
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Big Ideas for Better Schools: Ten Ways to Improve Education
Aug 11, 2005 · Ideas for students, teachers, schools, and communities. 1. Engage: Project-Based Learning Students go beyond the textbook to study complex topics based on real-world issues, such as the water quality in their communities or the history of their town, analyzing information from multiple sources, including the Internet and interviews with experts.
Teaching Routines to Reconsider | Edutopia
Nov 12, 2024 · Recently, I moved to a new school. I am no stranger to change in my career—I’ve moved grade levels, schools, and even countries before. This recent move, however, hit a bit differently. While I still teach the same subjects, my class meets only three days a week, similar to a college course ...
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2021 - Edutopia
Dec 9, 2021 · But new research concludes that the approach, called pretesting, is actually more effective than other typical study strategies. Surprisingly, pretesting even beat out taking practice tests after learning the material, a proven strategy endorsed by cognitive scientists and educators alike. In the study, students who took a practice test before learning the material outperformed their peers who ...
Teaching Students How to Study | Edutopia
May 23, 2024 · 5. Practice questions: Practice questions are a tried-and-true and very helpful way to study, especially in certain classes. The most helpful practice questions are application-based and allow students to test how well they truly understand the material, as opposed to having just memorized certain facts or definitions.