Paul Botelho

My life-long ambitions are to become wise and befriend many people. In the meantime I need to figure out what I'm doing next fall.

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@hrbasl #EDUC301 Can we reduce stereotype threat by replacing letter grades with skill-oriented proficiency assessments?

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@hrbasl #EDUC301 Why should we inform students that they will be evaluated for a grade if it will negatively impact their performance?

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@Karla_Kaplan I'd argue self-esteem is always good in moderation and for the right reasons. Problems arise when it is artificially inflated

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@arnims_wm What is self worth independent of ability? Can't anything X that makes us valuable be construed as an ability to possess X?

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#educ301 How is this chart different for Skinnerian behaviorists? Is it any less optimistic thus altered? Why or why not?

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@njosemans @hnkentWM @arnims_wm #educ301 I'm not sure. Could a person be infinitely motivated but unable to act on that motivation?

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@hnkentWM @arnims_wm @njosemans #educ301 It seems no matter how passionate a person is about something, they cannot continue indefinitely.

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@WMPositivePaul #educ301 Rather, what is the difference between eliminating helpful structure and support and encouraging autonomy?

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#educ301 Is there a way to encourage autonomy and cooperation simultaneously? How? Maybe we shouldn't always encourage autonomy.

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#educ301 What are effective strategies for encouraging autonomy without isolating the person you are trying to motivate?

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@arnims_wm @njosemans #educ301 As teachers, we should strive to make content as related to students' native interests (James) as possible.

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@arnims_wm @njosemans #educ301 The "closer" the motivation is to being something you are intrinsically motivated to do, the stronger it is.

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@JoshuaMondoro #educ301 I deliberately avoid caffeine because energy =/= productivity. Only directed and controlled energy is productive.

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@BrianaLeger #educ301 I definitely think they'd find common ground there, even if James maintains the existence of free will.

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@arnims_wm #educ301 Skinner might also allow that some tendencies are influenced by genetic predispositions for behavior. Just a guess.

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@arnims_wm #educ301 sorry for the wait but I think Skinner might say that our tendencies are just learned behaviors that were rewarded.

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@WMPositivePaul #educ301

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@Karla_Kaplan I do belive its human nature to strive to preserve our agency, and it makes sense this would extend to our intellectual lives.

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@arnims_wm my guess is that Skinner or James would say that a person is practicing weighing pros and cons, a learned behavior.