"Kids don't learn from people they don't like..."

Cooperation vs Competition - What works best in a Classroom?

Note: This video qualifies as a 5 point maximum extra credit paper for your semester's final Science grade - that's a half a grade added to your final grade.  

However, it must meet the following criteria:  1500 word minimum (to 10,000 words maximum) to include a summary of the video and an exposition that discusses a topic of your choice mentioned in the video.  Make sure it is copy edited, spell checked and set-up in a word document.  

Should you elect to take this challenge, your essay on this post ought to be fun, and rewarding for you.  If you take any other approach to it, or if it ceases to be fun, then you are doing something wrong.

Thoughts vs Actions

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Meet your Brain: How we are wired for learning

Teaching Science - "Make Me Laugh, Make Me Care..."

Happy Earth Day - 2013

 

Be kind to your mother :O)

Let's be Honest...

Some of you wonder how I use Scientific Method to effect changes in my world.  These two videos offer insights that I have culled from the research I have done on the topic of Human Motivation.  I would like to offer an In-service for students to help them understand why Humans do what they do, why irrationality some times trumps rationality, and why concepts like "cost benefit analysis," and "reward substitution" work in achieving certain objectives.

Professor Dan Ariely of Duke University touches upon some relevant topics in these videos.  If you are interested in what he is talking about, you can check out his books, "Predictably Irrational," " The Upside of Irrationality," or "The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty."  I have all three on my e-reader (Nook) and you are free to borrow them from me is you have a Nook e-reader."

This blog post is worth the maximum Feedback Response points for the semester.  All you have to do is watch both videos, summarize them and pick at least two concepts discussed in the videos to expand upon by relating them to your own personal life experience.