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What students need

Learning with e's

Although grades matter, more important still is the feedback students receive on their work and performance, and the interventions that teachers can make to support those they see struggling. Without effective tools, teachers' efforts will be limited, and often these limitations can arise from a lack of confidence in new technology.

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Music, learning and pedagogy

Learning with e's

The conversation turned to music, my songwriting and performances with various bands during the 80s and 90s. It becomes crucial that you pay attention to everyone else around you, and listen to what is being sung and played. Teachers who work with their students tend to be more effective than those who stand apart.

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Is it a Classroom or a Prison? Some Common Sense on Measuring Training Effectiveness

Mindflash

Yes, there will always be the student who LOVES classes (and hint, hint — the student who LOVES all classes is typically a lower-performing employee). 3) Undertrained vs. under-performing. Oh, this makes me sound like the big, bad, evil teacher, but it makes me nervous when I start getting too many under-performers requesting help.

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Standard deviation

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Photo by Pedro Figueras on Pexels In my last post I wrote about smartphones and other personal devices, and their tendency to distract us by diverting our attention. Distractions in the workplace are common. Now less attention is being paid to the other person than is socially expected. This is a continuation.

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Self fulfilling prophecies

Learning with e's

My most recent post featured locus of control theory, and today's post is about the Pygmalion Effect in education. The theory Robert Rosethal and Leonora Jacobson conducted studies in American schools during the 1960s focused on the effect teachers can have on the learning performances of children.

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Fade away

Learning with e's

Technology, just like any other set of tools, is there to help us all to do the job better, smarter, more effectively. Just don''t ever make it appear to be special - the most effective educational technologies fade into the background as learning, and the student, take centre stage. As such we should make it mundane. Unported License.

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How Well Does Your Company Know its World?

Mindflash

What is popular, effective, and attention-getting? Are performance expectations established and managed? Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user RambergMediaImages. Where are they moving to, or from? How do people buy? What products, services, or trends are important to consumers?