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“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” – Henri Bergson
Friday, December 23rd, 2011Seven Concepts for Effective Teaching – Andrew Fraknoi
Friday, December 23rd, 2011CONCEPT 1: “LEARNING IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT”
CONCEPT 2: “COLLABORATION BEATS COMPETITION”
CONCEPT 3. “EVERYTHING TAKES LONGER THAN YOU THINK” CONCEPT 4: “LESS IS MORE!”
CONCEPT 5: “NEW KNOWLEDGE MUST CONNECT WITH PRIOR CONCEPTIONS”
CONCEPT 6: “GIVE AND GET IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK”
CONCEPT 7: “DON’T GIVE WALNUTS TO BEGGARS WHO HAVE NO TEETH!” [OLD PORTUGESE PROVERB]
A wag or a bad speller?
Sunday, November 27th, 2011
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The horror of science
Friday, November 4th, 2011Science claims it’s working to cure disease, save the planet and solve the greatest human mysteries, but Aasif Mandvi finds out what it’s really up to.
Freudian Slip
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
B.F. Skinner’s college yearbook photo
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Happy Halloween! … from a psychologist
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Reuters finance blogger, Felix Salmon, explains the complex nature of the Euro zone with simple Lego
Sunday, September 18th, 2011It seems silly at first, but it’s worth the 3 and 1/2 minutes.
Of interest in this month’s JASP
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Livingstone, A. G., Haslam, S. A., Postmes, T. and Jetten, J. (2011), “We Are, Therefore We Should”: Evidence That In-Group Identification Mediates the Acquisition of In-Group Norms. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41: 1857–1876. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00794.x link
After a team-development workshop, participants were more aware of groups norms of team work and cooperation especially if they highly identified with their group.
So to increase the effectiveness of socialization techniques (team-development workshops) organizations should also focus not only on norm education (“team work is good”) but member identification (“us-ness).
Summer’s over
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Astoria Park’s pool in the fall.
