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Tag Archives: Engagement and motivation
Dweck’s theory of motivation
Here’s an article on Geoff Petty’s site about Carol Dweck’s work on motivation for learning: Dweck – Theory of motivation Dweck’s ideas helped form the basis of programmes like BLP and the theory is simply explained on the site. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Dweck, Engagement and motivation, Intelligence, Petty
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Stimulating curiousity
Here’s a short article by the author Annie Murphy Paul on stimulating curiousity using information gaps: How to stimulate curiousity
Posted in General teaching
Tagged Creativity, Engagement and motivation, Murphy Paul, Willingham
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Evidence into Practice 