Tag: feedback
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A 3 Minute Tradition for Powerful Feedback
Feedback and I have a love-hate relationship. We’ve had horrendous moments, lowlights including: YouTube comments from trolling strangers; The parent who threatened to sue me for targeting his daughter by – get this – reminding her of homework due dates; A teacher’s constructive feedback of “Wear better clothes” after a PD; Blog commenters arguing that…
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What Kills Student Motivation? We Asked Them.
“What are your thoughts on student motivation?” my principal recently asked. Knowing that I have an interest in motivation, as well as a love of working with at-risk students, he wanted to know my thoughts on why our achievement gap wasn’t narrowing. As a teacher, I of course had many thoughts. But, the many thoughts…
Chase Mielke 