How to use your fear of loss for fun and profit
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” — Steve […]
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Don’t Throw Out Your Leveled Libraries Yet! Text Complexity and Helping Students Learn to Pick “Just-Right” Books
By: Rita Platt Recently I was at a meeting for reading specialists when the concept of level-appropriate texts came up. Much to my surprise several […]
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5 ways to trick your brain into finishing what you start
It’s the end of January. Do you know where your new year’s resolutions are? Maybe all’s well and you’re still eating healthy, exercising regularly, you […]
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“Slant” it: An Alternative to the Flipped Classroom for Practical Teachers
By: Rita Platt The “Flipped Classroom” is all the rage these days. Educational journals, blogs, and chat rooms, are flooded with the concept of “flipping.” […]
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How the pros use the psychology of persuasion to convince us to buy now
The psychology of persuasion has always fascinated me–probably because I stink at it. When I was in college, I worked for a while as a […]
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The Impact of Active Rhyming Strategies
There is a movement to teach children to read at a younger age and it may help to incorporate short periods of intentional training every day in the area of rhyming in order to move along the continuum of learning in a reasonable, developmentally appropriate manner. The focus and goal of this action research project was to increase students’ understanding and use of rhyming words as a pre-literacy skill.
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Constructing the enemy: Inside the mind of a sports fan
Schadenfreude: pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. This post is perhaps a week late, but it took me that long to process some of […]
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How to support that innovative spark
So, I’ve got this amazing new idea for a business model. It’s going to be big! And you, loyal reader, are completely welcome to get […]
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Mark Twain’s case for autonomy
Tom Sawyer looked at the 810 square feet of Aunt Polly’s fence he had been assigned to whitewash and, “Life to him seemed hollow, and […]
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The surprising truth about incentives
Let’s talk about incentives. We hear about incentives all the time—especially lately as we try to get the economy going again. We worry about tax […]
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