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iStat Pro, a Dashboard Widget by iSlayer - 4 views
edutopia-ntbootcamp - home - 17 views
History Now. In This Issue - 5 views
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HISTORY NOW is a quarterly online journal for American history teachers and students, launched in September, 2004. All issues are archived below: Issue One, September 2004: Elections Issue Two, December 2004: Primary Sources on Slavery Issue Three, March 2005: Immigration Issue Four, June 2005: American National Holidays Issue Five, September 2005: Abolition Issue Six, December 2005: Lincoln Issue Seven, March 2006: Women's Suffrage Issue Eight, June 2006: The Civil Rights Movement Issue Nine, September 2006: The American West Issue Ten, December 2006: Nineteenth Century Technology Issue Eleven, March 2007: American Cities Issue Twelve, June 2007: The Age Of Exploration Issue Thirteen, September 2007: The Constitution Issue Fourteen, December 2007: World War II Issue Fifteen, April 2008: The Supreme Court Issue Sixteen, June 2008: Books that Changed History Issue Seventeen, September 2008: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era Issue
Research-based Strategies and No - 17 views
Don't show, don't tell? - MIT News Office - 11 views
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Don’t show, don’t tell? Cognitive scientists find that when teaching young children, there is a trade-off between direct instruction and independent exploration. Emily Finn, MIT News Office
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It turns out that there is a “double-edged sword” to pedagogy: Explicit instruction makes children less likely to engage in spontaneous exploration and discovery.
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The danger is leading children to believe that they’ve learned all there is to know, thereby discouraging independent discovery.
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EdTech Toolbox: 40 Ways to use Google Apps in the Classrooom - 12 views
The Google+ Project - 14 views
Recovering from the Need to Achieve - HBS Working Knowledge - 2 views
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e is an HNAP, or a high-need-for-achievement professional, according to Harvard Business
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DeLong believes the tendency to be a high-need-for-achievement type is embedded in the DNA, an addiction that spans across socioeconomic groups. Instead of experiencing happiness or well-being, HNAPs seek "relief in the accomplishment of tasks." Moving immediately to the next task on the list, they never savor accomplishments for long, he says. This creates a vicious cycle marked by a feeling of little or no real sense of purpose and a "flatness"—in career and in life. They often go through patches of life without creating or enhancing meaningful relationships, and even lack strength to deal with life's failures.
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So is there relief for HNAPs from all this obsessive comparing and competing?
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John Marr, Ed.D. (johnmarr) on Twitter - 3 views
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