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Caltech Commencement| Alan Alda - 0 views

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shared by Bill Genereux on 18 Mar 09 - Cached
  • He refused to take anybody's word for anything. This meant that he was forced to rediscover or reinvent for himself almost the whole of physics
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      Bill Genereux on 18 Mar 09
       
      I wonder if students could follow this example, reinventing the technologies they are learning. For example, to truly understand TCP/IP, networking students could attempt to design their own version to get a feel for what it must do.
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Is Praise Undermining Student Motivation? | Faculty Focus - 0 views

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shared by Bill Genereux on 05 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • Because failure is one of the most important tools for learning, growth requires a mindset that embraces challenge and the potential for failure.
  • when forced to do a difficult problem they will quickly give up if failure appears on the horizon
  • They start thinking that the goal of school is praise, or grades, rather than learning
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  • isk-adverse in an effort to prevent blows to their self-esteem
  • Dependency on praise stunts growth, creates a fragile psyche, and even a sense of helplessness that undermines achievement
  • educe respect for the instructor
  • praise for effort
  • praise the process, rather than the product
  • praise for process is far more effective than praise for product
  • the goal of education is to reach standards of excellence, not gain teacher approval.
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