Today is a professional development day in 27J, and I’m not there, which is not ideal. However, the Drop-out Prevention Summit is scheduled on the same day, so that’s where I am right now, and writing this because I can make so many connections between what’s being said and other things that loom large in [...]
OK, I hate to be a name-dropper BUT… I had a little e-mail exchange with Rick Stiggins the other day. I wrote to ask him about what he says in his presentations with regard to the role of experiencing success in building successful, motivated students. He is particularly eloquent on that topic. He pointed me [...]
Motivation occupies much of my thoughts. I mean motivation as a topic, not my own personal motivation, which is boundless, in case you were wondering.
I find this topic fascinating, because motivation is powerfully linked to classroom formative assessment. And yet, many teachers’ beliefs about motivation are contrary to the relationship as I understand it to work. [...]
