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Should high school AP teachers be paid more than K teachers?

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Nov 5, 2011

Click below to read two opinions, then share yours in the Comments section following the posts.

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Help with a research survey needed!

by Laura Fouse

Jan 24, 2012

If you are an educator that has participated in an online course, please take a quick survey.

I am a EdD candidate at Northcentral University and your participation will help me with studying if online adult learners feel a sense of being a part of a learning community and what specific constructivist learning activities enhance adult lear...See More

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Could research into environmental effects help learning?

by ann

Apr 24, 2012

I would like to see more research into the mind acting as a parallel processor showing how our individual environments greatly affect thinking, learning, motivation to learn over time "mental reward received for mental work expended", and also, hopefully an end to the false teachings of genetics or permanence in ability taught in school today. I fe...See MoreI would like to see more research into the mind acting as a parallel processor showing how our individual environments greatly affect thinking, learning, motivation to learn over time "mental reward received for mental work expended", and also, hopefully an end to the false teachings of genetics or permanence in ability taught in school today. I feel it is related to many harmful escapes by students and death from drug/alcohol abuse and suicide.

I would like to see research into improving independent learning through intrinsic reward. Intrinsic reward is that which enables the student to enjoy the work they are performing sufficiently to do their homework and work independently. To gain Intrinsic Reward we must use the effect our environment plays on our mind’s ability to learn. This is something that should be looked at from all levels of education, but especially for grades 4 through 12. I link motivation to intrinsic reward and see its formula as “mental reward received for mental work expended”. I see all students as capable of improving their long-term motivation or intrinsic reward when seen correctly as more mental energy to perform a task. I see two areas we can improve intrinsic reward. The first involves understanding that the old idea of just trying hard does not work very well for intrinsic reward. The harder we try, the more agitation we are creating and thus hurt our thinking, learning, and intrinsic reward. Here, all teachers can begin helping students learn the wonderful skill of slowing down when learning new things. As those students learn more about a task, their pace and intensity will increase naturally. This delicate way of approaching new things is a wonderful way to help keep and maintain intrinsic reward. The second is more complex. Try to see our minds as dealing with not just a task at hand but also other things in our lives at the same time. The more things our minds are dealing with, the harder we have to work to think, learn, and “enjoy the learning process”. By showing students and parents how their individual environments are helping or hurting their thinking, this will help all students respect others much more so in terms of our individual environments. By providing students and adults with tools to reduce some of the excess work our minds are working on in our lives by helping ourselves and our students learn to approach their lives more delicately, students can learn to have a more peaceful mind or a mind with less other mental work going on in their lives. As students get older, explain how our average stress is made up of different things our minds are dealing with. Help them learn to understand, resolve and perhaps change some weight or value that may be creating needless mental work in their minds. As students learn to remove some needless mental work, this becomes also an ever increasing way to improve intrinsic reward or mental reward received for mental work expended.

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Survey for Teachers

by Jess

Jun 21, 2012

I am a senior in college and I am doing a research project. I have surveyed my area, but would like to branch out to areas outside of my district. If you have the time, please answer one or all of the following questions. Thank you in advance.

1. Many families are not connected to school activities, especially those involving academics. H...See More

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We Make History> Hands-on Learning or Project Based Learning

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Aug 8, 2012

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Almost like new Glenn Doman Flash Cards for sales

by kit

Aug 31, 2012

i've a set of GD Flash Cards almost like new for sales. If anyone interested, pls email me.

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Claudia Hi,

Are these the math dot cards?

Thank

Oct 6, 2012

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mohini hi,

what flash cards are these -math? .Ps send me your number and a suitable time frame to call you.

thanks and regards, Mohini

Feb 27, 2013

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Are Teachers Listening?

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Dec 5, 2012

“Can you hear me now?” is a commercial for mobile telephone service that became popular in daily discussions. I think every student should wear a message button posing that question for teachers. [click below to read more.]

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A True Learning Path is More Than the Route to Bamboo Island

by By Todd Nelson in Teachers.Net Gazette

Mar 3, 2013

From the article:

... how you get there on the weekly hike is probably more important than the destination itself. It is, in a nutshell, the emblem for how many things happen—or ought to happen—on the learning path too. For the walk to Bamboo Island is a valuable test of some crucial skills. [Click below to read the rest.]

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Best Practices for Remediating Students for High Stakes Test

by L. Lang

May 22, 2013

Hello Everyone: I'm looking for any best practices to remediate students who are considered "bubble" kids after taking their high stakes test. Bubble kids are those that get a score close to passing but technically not passing. For example, if 400 is passing then the bubble kids would fall in scores between 375-399. I've been looking around at my s...See More

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rti - readers theater

by anna

Sep 22, 2013

Looking for feedback on using readers theater as an rti intervention. How did do you it, how long (weeks) results at elementary and middle school levels

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