I like the idea of unlearning from Mobey's 6 insights. Recently my students were engaged in a lesson on three digit subtraction using place value blocks to model the numbers. Rather than build both numbers to subtract one student only built the whole number and subtracted the part from it. I was blown away. It was so much easier and no one told him to subtract that way. We can give the students strategies, but it is up to them to make them their own.
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Jennifer Perkins
10/21/2018 07:20:36 pm
Hi Catie! I liked what you wrote about incentives. I also found it interesting that extrinsic motivation can actually inhibit creativity. Instilling intrinsic motivation, where students want to succeed because they are passionate about what they are learning, will allow for greater success and innovation.
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Catalina J Goldstein
10/22/2018 10:14:42 am
Yes! I still think I'll use extrinsic motivation for small things, but overall motivation must come from within.
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10/21/2018 08:21:11 pm
Hi Catie - you made some really interesting points. I too was blown away by the concept that incentives do not really work and the idea that people become creative and work much harder when they are given time to work on something that they would like to work on, producing amazing results. Montessori learning definitely lends itself to this technique. Both my kids attended Montessori preschool and I was at times skeptical that left to their own devices they would not complete the tasks available to them. I was continually surprised by what they achieved.
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Catalina J Goldstein
10/22/2018 10:16:42 am
I've always thought the motessori model was so interesting. I'd love to go observe one day when I have more time. I also wonder why there are so many montessori preschools, but not many for elementary and beyond.
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