ekidd

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[ekidd @ekidd58627655]

@alynhancock @drpriddy How true! As teachers, we need to make sure we are truly teaching what we mean to, and not showing a way for students to bend the rules to their liking. It is more productive long-term if students learn correctly up front, so as to avoid future problems #TWU5123Learn @drpriddy

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Positive reinforcement is a good way to teach because it encourages the repetition of exemplary behavior, yet it does not mean that bad behavior is specifically discouraged. Rather, people learn to behave well because they become used to positive results. #TWU5123Learn @drpriddy

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@jnew_3 @drpriddy Exactly right! Even if our students think they know how they like to learn, we need to be versed in the techniques that will meet their learning needs. The more we can cater to their, perhaps even unknown, needs, the more we will succeed in helping them grow and learn.

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"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." This quote by Einstein speaks to how vital perspective is when considering our students' abilities and potential! #TWU5123Learn @drpriddy

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@AlexiaLongoria1 @drpriddy This is perhaps the strongest argument for nurture over nature; no person can continue to do something that no one (including themselves) believes they can do. People need extra encouragement to keep putting energy into endeavors. #TWU5123Learn @drpriddy

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"[Younger children] compare their current skill level to what they could do earlier in their lives and see improvement" (Woolfolk, 2017, p. 114), not their peers' skills, so remembering students' motivations should focus our teaching on individual skills. #TWU5123Learn @drpriddy

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@MrMeFM @drpriddy What a wonderful analogy! To take it further, without taking the care to comb or style hair, people can often look a mess. Likewise, without attention paid to both nature and nurture, a person can often look (or be) a mess. Either way, it is the same haircut/person. #TWU5123Learn

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Robbie Case noted, "Children develop in stages within specific domains such as numerical concepts, spatial concepts, social tasks, [and] storytelling" (Woolfolk, 2017, p. 61), so it is important to remember that kids learn many subjects at a variety paces. #TWU5123Learn @drpriddy

[ekidd @ekidd58627655]

@a_cooke20 @drpriddy I feel as educators, we are too tied to regurgitating information we think to be true, but we are doing a disservice by not letting students make their own discoveries. Letting students learn to make conclusions for themselves would be much more apt to furthering their education.

[ekidd @ekidd58627655]

"A fourth-grade readers may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the developmental process." -B.F. Skinner #TWU5123Learn @drpriddy