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Instruction to Promote a Love Instruction to Promote a Love of Learningof Learning
Deborah StipekDeborah Stipek
Interest in LearningInterest in Learning
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Definition of SuccessDefinition of Success
•achieving personal goals•mastering new skills
•relative performance•receiving scarce rewards/ opportunities
Definition of AbilityDefinition of Ability
Incremental•specific •unstable•acquired through effort and persistence
Entity•general (like IQ)•stable•native (you have it or you don’t)•effort has limited effect
GoalsGoals
Learning Goals•master new skills•develop understanding •get smart
Performance Goals•good grades •recognition •extrinsic rewards•look smart•
Consequences of Consequences of Performance GoalsPerformance Goals
Need prodding, extrinsic incentives Need prodding, extrinsic incentives (rewards), & punishments(rewards), & punishments
Learn only what is requiredLearn only what is required Learning is superficial, focused on Learning is superficial, focused on
getting “the right answer”getting “the right answer” Avoid challenges, play games, cheatAvoid challenges, play games, cheat Under-performUnder-perform
Drabble & Kathy cartoons from Palo Drabble & Kathy cartoons from Palo Alto TalkAlto Talk
When Children Enjoy & are Focused on When Children Enjoy & are Focused on LearningLearning
(rather than on performing)(rather than on performing) Take more responsibility for learningTake more responsibility for learning Seek challengesSeek challenges Learn at a deeper, more conceptual Learn at a deeper, more conceptual
levellevel More creative/innovativeMore creative/innovative Seek learning outside of school, Seek learning outside of school,
throughout lifethroughout life
Motivating Learning Motivating Learning ContextsContexts
ChoiceChoice
Personally meaningful/authentic Personally meaningful/authentic taskstasks
Just right challengeJust right challenge
Active, open-ended, Active, open-ended, multidimensional problem solvingmultidimensional problem solving
Focus is on learning, Focus is on learning, understanding, mastering skillunderstanding, mastering skill
ChoiceChoice
Within structure and with Within structure and with accountabilityaccountability
Necessary to develop planning and Necessary to develop planning and organizational skills and personal organizational skills and personal responsibilityresponsibility
Topics, Tasks, Strategies, TimeTopics, Tasks, Strategies, Time
Personally MeaningfulPersonally Meaningful
Choice helpsChoice helps
Connect to students’ culture, lives, Connect to students’ culture, lives, interestsinterests
Have Have studentsstudents ask questions ask questions
Encourage passionsEncourage passions
Real Life Like (Authentic)Real Life Like (Authentic)
Original sourcesOriginal sources
Connecting to homeConnecting to home
Connecting to the communityConnecting to the community
Like problems encountered outside Like problems encountered outside of schoolof school
Collaboration (distributed Collaboration (distributed expertise)expertise)
Just Right ChallengeJust Right Challenge Hard enough to require effort, Hard enough to require effort,
improve understanding/skillsimprove understanding/skills more engagingmore engaging for robust self confidencefor robust self confidence
Requires individualizationRequires individualization
StrategiesStrategies differentiated tasks differentiated tasks differentiated expectationsdifferentiated expectations skill-based, flexible groupingskill-based, flexible grouping
Active, Open-ended, Active, Open-ended, MultidimensionalMultidimensional
Open-ended questions-problemsOpen-ended questions-problems how? why? explain – how? why? explain – notnot what? when? what? when?
Active: manipulating, simulating, Active: manipulating, simulating, debating, role playingdebating, role playing
Multidimensional (projects)Multidimensional (projects)
Changes teacher’s roleChanges teacher’s role GuidesGuides rather than directs rather than directs Monitors/supportsMonitors/supports rather than controls rather than controls
Focus on Focus on Learning/UnderstandingLearning/Understanding
Focus on understanding, not right answerFocus on understanding, not right answer
Reward effort/improvementReward effort/improvement
Focus evaluation on progress toward Focus evaluation on progress toward achieving standardachieving standard
Treat errors as natural part of learningTreat errors as natural part of learning
Press for continued developmentPress for continued development
Create community of interdependent Create community of interdependent learnerslearners