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What About Kids Who Just Don’t Care?

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Challenging Behaviors, Motivation, Teacher Talk
“What about kids who just don’t care?” When I’m supporting teachers in schools, either around classroom management and discipline or academic engagement and motivation, this is a question that often comes up. We all know these kids, don’t we? They
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5 Reasons to Not Use Incentives This Year (and 5 Things to Do Instead)

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Classroom Management, Great Academic Work, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Teacher Talk, Teaching Strategies
Classroom management and academic engagement are two of the most important aspects of getting off to a great start in the new school year. Though gem/marble jars, tickets, clip charts, and other incentive systems (including traditional grades) are common throughout
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Struggling with Motivation? Try Engaging Students with Project-Based Learning!

  • By Amy Difeo
  • In Classroom Management, Great Academic Work, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies
Are you a teacher struggling to keep your students engaged? You’re not alone. A team of teachers at Sandown North Elementary School faced similar challenges, witnessing a decline in student engagement and an uptick in students that were dysregulated. Instead
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How Teachers Can Forge Instructional Autonomy

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Audio, Great Academic Work, Health and Balance, Interviews, Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies
When my district first adopted a math program I had mixed feelings. On the one hand, I was relieved. Look a this—all of my math lessons are planned for the entire year! Just imagine the time I’ll save. I won’t
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Can Retakes Actually Raise the Bar?

  • By Cristin Kochanowicz
  • In Assessment & Grading, Blog, Great Academic Work, Motivation, Teaching Strategies
I know many educators bemoan retakes. It is often seen as giving kids too many chances, not holding them accountable, and generally “lowering the bar.” I’ve heard the warning “There are no retakes in real life!” too many times to
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Choice as a Motivator in Physical Education

  • By Pam Gunneson
  • In Blog, Great Academic Work, Motivation, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized
What Are We Doing Today in Physical Education? “What are we doing today?” is the most frequently asked question by my middle school students while entering the gym to get ready for class. After my response, students will usually either
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Square Pegs and Round Holes: Why I Moved Away From Letter Grades

  • By Kristin Castellano
  • In Blog, Great Academic Work, Motivation
Square pegs and round holes. This phrase plays over and over in my head each time I try to assign a letter grade to my students at the end of a marking period. My students’ learning is so complex, and
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Maybe We Shouldn’t Tell Students to Always Try Their Best

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Great Academic Work, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Teacher Talk
Walk through most schools, and you’ll see messages like the ones above, posted in classrooms and in hallways. We often encourage kids, as they’re about to work to “try your best” or “put in max effort.” One year in
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3 Ways to Pace Yourself (and Your Students) This School Year

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Classroom Management, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year
A few years ago my wife gave me three months of coaching for my birthday. I’d been running 5K road races and was trying some half-marathons. She thought I could use some professional help!  We connected online, and I sent
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Can You Really Own Something You Didn’t Choose?

  • By Tom Tuscano
  • In Great Academic Work, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies
“How’d it go?” On the surface, it is such a basic question. I’ve been asked that question plenty of times in my life. After a sports game, doctor’s appointment, or school meeting, not to mention that nerve-wracking best man’s speech
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3 Planning Moves to Reenergize Your Teaching

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Great Academic Work, Health and Balance, Mike's Blog, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies, Ted Lasso
In the final episode of Season I of Ted Lasso, players are somber and nervous heading into a do-or-die match against a superior team. Ted decides they all need to try something new, so he invites the players to name
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Beyond Behaviorism: Three Key Strategies

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Classroom Management, For Parents, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies
A Brief History of Behaviorism, Part 5 If you could travel back in time about 60 years and walk through a typical school, you might be surprised to find something missing. You wouldn’t see behavior charts or “star student” award
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BF Skinner and Token Economy Systems

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Classroom Management, For Parents, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning
A Brief History of Behaviorism, Part 2 If you could travel back in time about 60 years and walk through a typical school, you might be surprised to find something missing. You wouldn’t see behavior charts or “star student” award
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Drooling Dogs and the Birth of Behaviorism

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Articles, Blog, Classroom Management, For Parents, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies
A Brief History of Behaviorism, Part 1 If you could travel back in time about 60 years and walk through a typical school, you might be surprised to find something missing. You wouldn’t see behavior charts or “star student” award
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Helping Students Become More Self-Motivated

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Great Academic Work, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Teaching Strategies, Video
In this vlog post, published through Eduplanet21, I share a story about a student who seemed motivated but wasn’t really self-motivated. She was always seeking my approval: “Is this okay? Is it good enough?” I tell about how I helped
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3 Reasons + 5 Tips = GR8 Games

  • By Sarah Fillion
  • In Blog, Classroom Management, Equity, From Surviving to Thriving, From Surviving to Thriving, Great Academic Work, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Teaching Strategies
Games can boost engagement and learning for students while also reducing teacher workload--a win-win!
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From Surviving to Thriving: Introduction

  • By Sarah Fillion
  • In Blog, From Surviving to Thriving, Mike's Blog, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies
After the abrupt ending to school last year, the hope and goal was to begin the 2020 – 2021 school year ready to thrive in whatever format teaching would occur. Many teachers were feeling more comfortable with remote teaching and
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Shifting from Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation

  • By David Davis
  • In Blog, Great Academic Work, Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice
It might be the understatement of the summer that teachers, students, parents, and administrators are anxious about the upcoming school year.   In addition to the priorities of health, safety, and equity of access to education in this COVID-19 period, distance
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A Deep-Dive Into Learner-Centered Education

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Great Academic Work, In the Media, Interviews, Motivation, Student Choice, Teacher Talk, Video
I was delighted to join a group of deep thinkers for an in-depth panel discussion about leaner-centered education. Hosted by Julie Mountcastle of the Slate School, this conversation is rich and engaging. You’ll hear about the importance of cherishing children’s
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