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Tag Archives: Reading
Intrinsic Motivation can be Aversive
A few days ago, a friend of mine, Matt Welch, wrote something on his blog that totally blew my mind. There’s been so much conversation lately, on this blog and others, debating the use and value of intrinsic and extrinsic … Continue reading
Posted in Learner Behavior
Tagged arranged consequences, artificial consequences, aversive control, Education, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, Matt Welch, Motivation, natural consequences, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, Reading, reinforcement, Student, Twitter, United States
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Do Kids Really Need to READ??
I was chatting to a colleague in the publishing industry recently. We were talking about the Headsprout Reading programs….Early Reading and Reading Comprehension. My colleague shall go nameless (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent!), but he told me that publishers … Continue reading
Posted in Academics
Tagged Arts, Business, Child, Collegiality, early reading, Education, Educational software, Headsprout, Mimio, Publishing, Publishing and Printing, Reading, Reading Comprehension
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