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Daniel Pink
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Daniel Pink
@DanielPink
#1 New York Times Bestselling author of 7 books.
- Excellent advice for life in general: 1. Clean up after yourself 2. Write a thank you noteAfter defeat, Japan's World Cup team left behind a spotlessly clean locker room and a 'thank you' note cnn.it/2tQDXS6
- Want happier, healthier kids? Offer them autonomy. Massive new meta-analysis makes it plain: In every culture, control leaves children worse off — but autonomy helps them people engage, learn, and grow.
- This is a great tip for people visiting Washington DC today and over the weekend. (via @arlusk)
- Is it better to solve problems in isolation or by collaborating with others? Harvard research says . . . neither. The best solutions come from "intermittent collaboration" -- group work punctuated by breaks to think & work by ourselves.
- For reasons known only to the K-pop gods, one of my books (DRIVE) makes a cameo in BTS's just-released music video. HT: @7WaterLily & @BTSBookClub_twt (Link: youtu.be/9IHwqdz8Xhw)
- This school replaced detention with meditation. The results? Suspensions plummeted, attendance climbed.
- Top teachers were the *most* likely to seek advice from their peers. The better the teacher performed, the more likely they were to obtain feedback on how to be even better. Asking for advice & feedback is a sign of strength, not weakness. digest.bps.org.uk/2018/08/03/the…
- One of the best predictors of academic success in young children: Curiosity. It's as important as self-control, and especially valuable for lower-income kids. Classrooms should spark curiosity rather than demand compliance.
- 1. When elementary teachers specialize in a subject (ex: math) & students switch teachers for each class, students learn *less*. 2. Students with the same teacher 2 years in a row learn more. Bottom line: Kids do better when teachers know them well.
- Jodi Picoult (@jodipicoult) on efforts to ban books in school libraries. thedailybeast.com/what-florida-d…
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- Research: "Homework in elementary school does not contribute to academic achievement," but daily reading does.
- When teachers started class by greeting each students at the door by name, academic engagement increased by 20 percentage points and disruptive behavior decreased by 9 percentage points.
