Joanne Jacobs
Zoom U was very bad for students
College students are not OK, writes Jonathan Malesic, who teaches first-year writing at Southern Methodist University, in a New York...
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Joanne Jacobs
- May 15, 2018
- 2 min
How to motivate students
Many believe “extrinsic” motivators, such as incentives, “decrease student effort by eroding students’ intrinsic desire to learn,” they...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 15, 2018
- 1 min
The high cost of cheap diplomas
“Making graduation too easy” doesn’t just undermine “the motivations of students (and teachers),” writes Robert Slavin, who directs the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 3, 2017
- 1 min
50 is the new 0
Is 50 is the new 0?, writes Kate Stoltzfus on Education Week Teacher. Schools in Maryland and Virginia are implementing “no zero”...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 22, 2017
- 2 min
Travis thought C’s were OK — till he failed college
Telling kids they can go to college, even if they earn mediocre or poor grades, undercuts the work ethic they’ll need to succeed, writes...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 11, 2017
- 2 min
Busy work kills love of reading
School assignments killed his son’s love of reading, writes Tony on Leading Motivated Learners. Reading logs and summaries became a...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 11, 2017
- 1 min
Tired of school
“Academic apathy” is common in high school, writes Laura Handby Hudgens on The Federalist. She thinks students are burning out in middle...
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