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What Is Learned Helplessness?

TeachThought

Definition Learned helplessness is a psychological condition in which a person, after repeated failures or negative experiences, believes they have no control over situations’ outcomes and stops trying to improve or change them. by TeachThought Staff What is learned helplessness? So all future tasks become skewed by that.

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Top scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is ‘fundamentally flawed’

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Getty images A prominent professor of special education is about to ignite a fierce debate over a tenet of his field, that students with disabilities should be educated as much as possible alongside their peers in general education classrooms, a strategy known as inclusion. The evidence is, I dare say, overwhelming.

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Is Your Classroom a Psychologically Safe Space?

Catlin Tucker

” As I listened to this episode, I was thinking about the concept of psychological safety through my educator lens. This is where the concept of psychological safety–what it is, what it looks like, and how to create it–fascinates me. What is psychological safety? What characterizes a psychologically safe space?

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How to Make Learning Stick

A Principal's Reflections

Take a look at this synopsis from Peter Reuell : For decades, there has been evidence that classroom techniques designed to get students to participate in the learning process produce better educational outcomes at virtually all levels. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141(4), 610. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1454.

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Are We Assessing What Really Matters in Education?

ED Surge

Assessments have the power to shape educational outcomes, but are we truly measuring what matters? Ensuring that assessments are fair, inclusive and meaningful for all students is a growing priority for educators. Candace Thille Associate Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education Students must know what is being assessed.

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A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in

The Hechinger Report

That happened after a January column I wrote about a prominent scholars critique of the evidence for including children with disabilities in general education classrooms. The director of education at the Learning Disabilities Association of America weighed in, as did the commissioner of special education research at the U.S.

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Why You Shouldn’t Use Physical Education As Punishment

TeachThought

Don’t Use Physical Education As Punishment contributed by Dr. Kymm Ballard, Executive Director for SPARK Think about any time you’ve seen “army boot camp” portrayed in pop culture — are you picturing the traditional drill sergeant, ordering his troops to do endless laps and push-ups, as punishment for their errors that day?

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