Profile : Doreen Kimura A young male university student sits at a table, ready for the test, while a female graduate student gets her stopwatch ready on the other side of the table. She gives him a sheet of paper that has rows and rows of little pictures on it and starts the stopwatch. The fellow taking the test is getting $10 to sit for a half hour checking off pictures that match. (See example test question on page 86.) As soon as he finishes one page, she puts another one in front of him, until two minutes are up. The test subjects have been randomly chosen so that they represent a cross section of the total student population, coming from different backgrounds, with a range of ages, heights, weights, etc. As a young scientist ... Kimura grew up and went to school in Neudorf, a small town near the Qu’Appelle Valley in southern Saskatchewan. At McGill she became interested in psychology as a result of having Donald O. Read Doreen Kimura's answers to questions...The Science
Flow (psychology) Concentrating on a task is one aspect of flow. In positive psychology, flow, also known colloquially as being in the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, flow is characterized by complete absorption in what one does, and a resulting loss in one's sense of space and time. Flow shares many characteristics with hyperfocus. However, hyperfocus is not always described in a positive light. Some examples include spending "too much" time playing video games or getting side-tracked and pleasurably absorbed by one aspect of an assignment or task to the detriment of the overall assignment. Just as with the conditions listed above, these conditions can be independent of one another. Ideas similar to flow have been recognized throughout history and across cultures. Schaffer (2013) proposed 7 flow conditions: Further, he writes: Notes
Diane Ravitch (DianeRavitch) Participatory Learning Jim Trelease's Home Page Punished by Rewards Our basic strategy for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summarized in six words: Do this and you'll get that. We dangle goodies (from candy bars to sales commissions) in front of people in much the same way that we train the family pet. In this groundbreaking book, Alfie Kohn shows that while manipulating people with incentives seems to work in the short run, it is a strategy that ultimately fails and even does lasting harm. Our workplaces and classrooms will continue to decline, he argues, until we begin to question our reliance on a theory of motivation derived from laboratory animals. Drawing from hundreds of studies, Kohn demonstrates that people actually do inferior work when they are enticed with money, grades, or other incentives. Programs that use rewards to change people's behavior are similarly ineffective over the long run. Rewards and punishments are just two sides of the same coin -- and the coin doesn't buy very much.
Diane Ravitch's blog Travel is WAY BETTER than school! | Raising Miro on the Road of Life - Travel Podcast Travel is WAY BETTER than school! May 06, 2013 Miro Sevin Siegel Miro Unedited, World Schooling 34 Article By Miro Siegel, 14 year old world traveler My name is Miro, I am a semi intrepid 14 year old, who has been traveling the world with my mom for the last 4 years. My mom and I have slow traveled to 14 different countries during our trip, with little possessions, we live as visiting locals and spend a lot of time in open air markets and going to the places most locals go to. I have had experiences most other kids from the United States will never have. 1. That freedom means some days I don’t study at all and just hang out. Lets say I am interested in agriculture while living in the mountains of the Andes? Now, to be completely honest, I suck at math. Just by being exposed to the outside world, I am learning. In my opinion, children who do not travel and are forced to go through the traditional school system are forced to remember and “learn” facts about the world. inShare1 16
Stephen Krashen | YLTsig EVO discussion The Comprehension Hypothesis vs. The Skill-Building Hypothesis: Why accept a delayed gratification hypothesis when the gratification never comes? Developing Academic Language: How the language teaching profession has backed the wrong horse. Pleasure and Ecstasy: Is language acquisition a junior ecstasy? Link to recording of presentation Stephen Krashen is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Southern California. He is best known for developing the first comprehensive theory of second language acquisition, introducing the concept of sheltered subject matter teaching, and as the co-inventor of the Natural Approach to foreign language teaching. He has also contributed to theory and application in the area of bilingual education, and has done important work in the area of reading. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from UCLA, was the 1977 Incline Bench Press champion of Venice Beach and holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. His recent papers can be found at www.sdkrashen.com.
Mindset (book) Carol S. Dweck (born October 17, 1946) is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University.[1] She graduated from Barnard College in 1967 and earned a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1972. She taught at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University of Illinois before joining the Stanford faculty in 2004. Contributions[edit] Professor Dweck has primary research interests in motivation,[2][3][4][5][6][7] personality, and development. "In a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits. This is important because (1) individuals with a "growth" theory are more likely to continue working hard despite setbacks and (2) individuals' theories of intelligence can be affected by subtle environmental cues. Selected publications[edit] Dweck, C. Sources[edit] See also[edit] Goal orientation References[edit]
Dave's Educational Blog Education Revolution | Alternative Education Resource Organization Educators struggle to combat dropout rate disparities - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Local News: Posted: Monday, January 14, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 10:04 am, Sat Apr 19, 2014. Educators struggle to combat dropout rate disparities BY RANDY HALLMAN Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond Times-Dispatch Black students account for a disproportionate percentage of dropouts in the Henrico County school system. Henrico’s four most recent graduating classes had student populations that ranged from 39.7 to 40.9 percent black, according to the county’s annual reports to the Virginia Department of Education. In those four classes, blacks accounted for 55.4 to 56.9 percent of the county’s dropouts. An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. Login Or, use your linked account: Choose an online service. All print subscriptions include delivery on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas for which there is a premium charge.BEST VALUE The following services are print only and offer no digital access Existing Subscribers$9.90 Need an account? Thank you for reading 20 free articles on our site.