April 2013
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March 2013
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February 2013
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Practice Abstract
As I grow to understand empirical studies more and more I’ve been simultaneously encouraged to try and write some abstracts that reflect what my own study might actually look like. This represents the first attempt. Feel free to comment, critique or show me where I would have holes and difficulties. Connecting to learning: an examination of the effects of emotional engagement and autonomy...
Feb 28th
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Titles up for consideration....
Been trying to work out what sort of phenomena I want to really investigate in my first real study (practicum). Here are some ideas for titles (though they may change as I read more). Let me know what you think…. 1. Personalized learning: the effects of appeasing emotional engagement and intrinsic motivation 2. Emotional engagement: its effects on motivation, goal orientation and student...
Feb 12th
Article Critique 2/6/13
Ainley, Mary D. (1993). Styles of engagement with learning: multidimensional assessment of their relationship with strategy use and school achievement. Journal of educational psychology, 85(3), 395-405. Theoretical Perspective Conceptual Framework Ainley’s study works to identify and measure “styles of engagement” (p. 395). Students bring personal purposes and beliefs about themselves to the...
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January 2013
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December 2012
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Updated RDP - Version #2
Nick Holton Research Development Project Second Draft First Research Interest Statement Nick is a first year doctoral student in Michigan State University’s EPET program. His research interests lie in the field of 21st century pedagogy. He plans to study the change in 21st century American cultural and economic landscape and the implications of that change on educational practice and policy. He...
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November 2012
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October 2012
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September 2012
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Funny: What I Learned In School →
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August 2012
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Reading Review - Improving Self Efficacy: What do...
Margolis, H., Mccabe. P., (2006). Improving self-efficacy and motivation: what to do, what to say. Intervention in school and clinic. 41(4), 218-227. Theory In this article, the authors made it their goal to layout a conceptual framework that operated within an understanding of self-efficacy, or the extent to which a student views their own capability, on three levels. The first was the problem,...
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July 2012
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Research Development Plan - Initial Draft
First Research Interest Statement Nick is a first year doctoral student in Michigan State University’s EPET program. His research interests lie in the field of 21st century pedagogy. He plans to study the change in 21st century American cultural and economic landscape and the implications of that change on educational practice and policy. He would also like to investigate the role of modern...
Jul 28th
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Jul 14th
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Reading Review: Impact of Laptop Use on Student...
Gulek, J. Demirtas, H. (2005) Learning with technology: the impact of laptop use on student achievement. Journal of Technology Learning and Assessment. 3 (2), 3-38. Theory The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of laptops in one middle school’s laptop immersion program. The study is grounded in a great deal of relevant theory on the issue of technology in education, recent findings...
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June 2012
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“Nothing great is ever accomplished without persistence and patience because, in...”
– Unknown
Jun 25th
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Reading Review: The Relationship Between Income...
The Relationship Between Income and Subjective Well-Being: Relative or Absolute? Ed Diener, Ed Sandvik, Larry Seidlitz and Marissa Diener Theory This report consisted of two studies, only one of which this review will cover. This study calls into question various theories on relative relationships between income and “subjective well being” which the authors use interchangeably with...
Jun 22nd
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The 10 Things I Know About Innovation In Education...
See on Scoop.it - Educational Psychology and Change See on edudemic.com
Jun 22nd
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Education Quote of the Day
“Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don’t know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.”  — Sir William Haley
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May 2012
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Education Quote of the Day
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.”  — Chinese Proverb
May 31st
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Education Quote of the Day
“The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.”  — Edward Bulwer-Lytton
May 30th
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Education Quote of the Day
“It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.”  — Alec Bourne, A Doctor’s Creed
May 29th
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Education Quote of the Day
“An educational system isn’t worth a great deal if it teaches young people how to make a living but doesn’t teach them how to make a life.”  — Source Unknown
May 28th
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Education Quote of the Day
“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” — Carl Rogers
May 25th
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Education Quote of the Day
“Getting things done is not always what is most important. There is value in allowing others to learn, even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, efficiently or effectively.”  — R.D. Clyde
May 24th
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Education Quote of the Day
“Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions.”  — William Allin
May 23rd
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Education Quote of the Day
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”  — Albert Einstein
May 22nd
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Education Quote of the Day
“What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.”  —George Bernard Shaw
May 21st
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Education Quote of the Day
“Children are living beings - more living than grown-up people who have built shells of habit around themselves. Therefore it is absolutely necessary for their mental health and development that they should not have mere schools for their lessons, but a world whose guiding spirit is personal love.”  ― Rabindranath Tagore
May 18th
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May 18th
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Education Quote of the Day
“The problem is not the content of textbooks, but the very idea of them.”  ― Sam Wineburg
May 17th
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Education Quote of the Day
“Most problems of teaching are not problems of growth but helping cultivate growth. As far as I know, and this is only from personal experience in teaching, I think about ninety percent of the problem in teaching, or maybe ninety-eight percent, is just to help the students get interested. Or what it usually amounts to is to not prevent them from being interested. Typically they come in interested,...
May 16th
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Education Quote of the Day
“part of the art of teaching is the ability to rearrange the world for students - to force them to see things in a new way. i’ve known too many stupid intellectuals to believe that education and wisdom come as a package deal along with facts, it’s your perspective that counts - your ability to see differently, not just to see a lot.”  ― Sunny Decker, Empty Spoon
May 15th
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Education Quote of the Day
“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.”  ― Nikos Kazantzakis
May 14th