Tag Archives: Behavior Analysis

Game Apps that I Love to Hate

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Do you guys have games that you play on your smartphones or tablets that drive you crazy? You know, the ones that, for the life of you, you can’t figure out WHY IN GOD’S NAME you are wasting your life … Continue reading →

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Social Skills Training with a Cool Gadget!

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

Last night I attended a Mass Innovation Night event for the first time.  Mass Innovation Nights, for those who haven’t heard of them, are monthly meetings that showcase new, innovative products, mostly from entrepreneurs in the Boston area.  Not only … Continue reading →

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The Power of One…A Reminder

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

From time to time we all question how much of a difference we, as individuals, can really make. I’ve been experiencing those moments of self-doubt as I move down this entrepreneurial road. Most of the time I think, shaking my … Continue reading →

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Is Free Will Really Free?

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

I’m sure I’ll live to regret this, but I have the itch to write about free will today.  What the heck, it’s Friday, right?  I was reading The Desire for Autonomy on one of my favorite blogs, The Creativity Post.  In that … Continue reading →

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Attention problem? Let’s blame classroom technology!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

I don’t know how I managed to miss this story, but did you all see the piece in the NY Times a few weeks ago, Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say?  If you didn’t, you should check it out.  The … Continue reading →

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Man, I Love Science!

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

I’m a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (aaas.org).  The AAAS, for those who are unfamiliar, is an international non-profit whose mission is to advance science throughout the world.  The AAAS has been in existence since … Continue reading →

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Stirring the Pot in Education!

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Wow, I knew that this whole social media thing was powerful.  But something happened to me yesterday that I never could have predicted! I wrote a post earlier this summer called Three Revised Things to Unlearn about Learning.  One reader … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Teacher

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

Last week I was reading a blog that discussed different teaching methodologies.  One of those methods was Programmed Instruction (PI), a method that was developed by B.F. Skinner.  PI dates back to the 1950s when Skinner developed his Teaching Machine. … Continue reading →

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Bizarro World: Is Algebra Necessary?

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

I had a whole other post planned for today, but it got bumped because yesterday I, like many of you, read the strangest op/ed piece that I think I’ve ever read in the NY Times.  And that’s saying something.  In … Continue reading →

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Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation…a false dichotomy?

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

I had a fascinating “debate” of sorts with some of my Twitter colleagues two weeks ago. We were discussing the recent article, Freakonomics Goes to School and Teaches Us the Right Way to Bribe Kids, that appeared in The Atlantic … Continue reading →

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