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20 psychological principles for teachers #18 Formative & summative assessment

Jun 29, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is #18 in my series on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching and Learning and the first of three posts examining how to assess students' progress: "Formative and summative a...

#formative assessment #summative assessment #mimicry

Why the 'false growth mindset' explains so much

Jun 20, 2015 | Category: psychology

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida In the same way that I learned nothing from listening to the polished performance of Ken Robinson at yesterday's Ed...

#Carol Dweck #Growth mindset #Robert Plomin #Slate Star Codex

20 psychological principles for teachers #15 Well being

Jun 23, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the third of three posts examining social context, interpersonal relationships, and emotional well-being and the extent to which they are important to learning. This is #15 in my series on the...

#Paul Dolan #Emotional intelligence #Happiness #Stuart Ritchie #Well-being

20 psychological principles for teachers #14 Relationships

Jun 22, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the second of three posts examining social context, interpersonal relationships, and emotional well-being and the extent to which they are important to learning. This is #14 in my series on th...

#John Tomsett #relationships

20 psychological principles for teachers #13 Situated learning

Jun 21, 2015 | Category: psychology

My next three posts will look at social context, interpersonal relationships, and emotional well-being and examine the extent to which they are important to learning. This is #13 in my series on the T...

#communities of practice #situated learning

20 psychological principles for teachers #12 Goal setting

Jun 14, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the last of four posts exploring what motivates students in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education’s report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teac...

#goal setting #SMART targets

20 psychological principles for teachers #11 Expectations

Jun 13, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the third of four posts exploring what motivates students in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education’s report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Tea...

#high expectations #Hawthorne Effect #halo effect #placebo effect #Pygmalion effect

20 psychological principles for teachers #10 Mastery

Jun 07, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the second of four posts exploring what motivates students and the tenth in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education’s report on the Top 20 Principles From Psy...

#Growth mindset #performance #goal theory #mastery

20 psychological principles for teachers #9 Motivation

Jun 06, 2015 | Category: psychology

The next four posts in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education's report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching and Learning will be on what motivates s...

#motivation #Daniel Pink #Paul Dolan

20 psychological principles for teachers #8 Creativity

May 31, 2015 | Category: psychology

In this, the eighth in a series of posts examining a report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching and Learning, I take a closer look at Principle 8: “Student creativity can be fostered...

#creativity