Carrie’s TEBlog

            I was extremely interested in the quote “failure learning students, especially those with helplessness symptoms, do not so much need a steady diet of success as they need to learn how to cope with frustration and failure productively” from the article Rebuilding Discouraged Students. I think this pertains a lot to what I will [...]

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 After reading the article “School Bus Bully Exposed”, I was shocked to hear an adult was promoting such behavior. It is sad that even adults who are there to help students and protect them would promote bullying. The story was that a bus driver allowed older students to bully the younger ones to keep order [...]

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In response to Katie’s response for the motivation article I totally agree with motivation being a self-fulfilling prophecy. I think she makes a really good point about measuring performance on current ability. True grades matter from the past, yet current ability is the most important. If a person can learn and improve their skills then [...]

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            I thought that the “Supporting Students’ Confidence as Learners” was a great article. I agree with what it talks about in regards to motivation and goal setting. I have always thought that goal setting is important. Also looking for ways to keep students motivated is an extremely important task for high school teachers. I [...]

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