Newsflash: Students May Be Responsible For Themselves!
This is going to come as something of a shock to my reformy readers. After all, you all believe "great" teachers can overcome all obstacles to learning, including poverty, racism, and inadequate funding of schools.
But it just may be that students themselves are responsible for their learning gains!
But it just may be that students themselves are responsible for their learning gains!
While boredom is a perennial student complaint, emerging research shows it is more than students' not feeling entertained, but rather a "flavor of stress" that can interfere with their ability to learn and even their health. An international group of researchers argues this month in Perspectives on Psychological Science that the
