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"Rather the answer is to shift our mindsets from a focus on volume to a focus on value. " - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org

"The quantity of students' homework is a lot less important than its quality. And evidence suggests that as of now, homework isn't making the grade. "

"Suggestions from educators at KIPP King Collegiate High School on how to help develop and assess critical thinking skills in your students."

"ClassDojo is an in-classroom tool that helps you to manage behavior and boost engagement in class really quickly and easily. ClassDojo enables you to recognise specific behaviors and accomplishments in real-time, with just one click of a smartphone or laptop button. Try it out for free now! How does it work? ClassDojo works by setting up real-time feedback loops in the classroom, to recognise and reinforce desirable behaviors and values. You can recognise and reinforce specific behaviors and accomplishments with just one click, and have real-time visual notifications appear on your smartboard, laptop or projector. All recognition is logged automatically, and student behavior records are automatically created and updated so you don't have to do any other data entry (unless you want to, of course!). ClassDojo automatically generates analytics, shareable character report cards and insight into your classroom that has never before been possible."

"Professor Daniel Willingham describes research showing that learning styles are a myth "

"The Paragon Learning Style Inventory (PLSI) is a self-administered survey that provides a very reliable indication of learning style and cognitive preference. It uses the four Jungian dimensions (i.e, introversion/ extroversion, intuition/sensation, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving) that are also used by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Murphy Meisgeir Type Indicator, and the Keirsey-Bates Temperament Sorter. But this is the only instrument that can be self-scored and works with ages 9-adult. This site provides the 48-item general version."

Sidney Pressey and his Testing Machine

"But does scientific research really support the learning-styles hypothesis? In a new assessment of the available evidence, authors Harold Pashler, Mark McDaniel, Doug Rohrer, and Robert Bjork conclude that the learning-styles hypothesis has little, if any, empirical grounding. "

"Professor Daniel Willingham describes research showing that learning styles are a myth "

"The Instructional Development Timeline site offers information and links of key events, people, and developments that relate to Instructional Technology, Development, Theory, Systems, and Design."

ADULTS LEARN DIFFERENTLY than young people. But more importantly, their reasons for learning are very different. Andragogy (Knowles, 1984), the theory of adult learning, attempts to explain why adults learn differently than other types of learners.

""Adults vote with their feet," a favorite adage of adult educators, is frequently used to describe a characteristic of adult learners. In most circumstances, adults are not captive learners and, if the learning situation does not suit their needs and interests, they will simply stop coming."

How can we create professional development that engenders deep learning?

Nation Making Progress in Ensuring More Teachers Have Deep Content Knowledge and Mentoring But U.S. Teacher Development Lacks Intensity, Follow-up, & Usefulness

Rule of Four

"...instead of sticking to one study location, simply alternating the room where a person studies improves retention."

"Imagine walking into a public library filled with PlayStations, Wii game consoles, and electric keyboards pumped up to maximum volume."

"Here are some great tools that you can use to cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is."