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Creativity and Basic Skills in Education

Creativity is a complex subject. To say the least. It’s also a topic that creates a great deal of conflict. I’ve been thinking about creativity for a long time as it applies to learning an… more →

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Creativity and Basic Skills in Education — 6 comments

karen mahon wrote 1 month ago: Creativity is a complex subject. To say the least. It’s also a topic that creates a great deal … more →

Tags: Academics, Learning, Instructional Design, Education, Student, K through 12, Performance, teacher, Classroom

Game Apps that I Love to Hate — 3 comments

karen mahon wrote 3 months ago: Do you guys have games that you play on your smartphones or tablets that drive you crazy? You know, … more →

Tags: App Reviews & Recs, technology, Gaming, Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior, Behavior Analysis, education apps, educational technology, Games

Competency Education...I Think I'm in Love — 2 comments

karen mahon wrote 4 months ago: … more →

Tags: instructional design, Academics, Assessment, Learning, Instructional Design, Education, Student, instruction, Performance

Is Free Will Really Free? — 5 comments

karen mahon wrote 6 months ago: I’m sure I’ll live to regret this, but I have the itch to write about free will today.   … more →

Tags: Alfie Kohn, Applied Behavior Analysis, autonomy, B. F. Skinner, Behavior Analysis, behaviorism, desire, Education, Free Will

Attention problem? Let's blame classroom technology! — 5 comments

karen mahon wrote 7 months ago: This image originally appeared at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention I don’t know how I ma … more →

Tags: Professional Development, technology, Learning, Education, Student, teacher, Behavior, Applied Behavior Analysis, educational technology

In Defense of Homework — 35 comments

karen mahon wrote 8 months ago: This image originally appeared on http://killsuperwoman.blogspot.com/2010/10/homework-monster.html; … more →

Tags: Academics, Parenting, Learning, Instructional Design, Education, K through 12, instruction, Performance, teacher

Stirring the Pot in Education! — 5 comments

karen mahon wrote 8 months ago: This cartoon originally appeared on http://pactiss.org. Great website, check it out! Wow, I knew tha … more →

Tags: instructional design, Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis, Education, Evidence Based Practice, Inquiry-based Learning, Instructional Design, learn, Learning Theories

A Simple Friday Feel-Good for Educators — 3 comments

karen mahon wrote 9 months ago: This photo is shared under Creative Commons. The original photo can be found at http://www.flickr.co … more →

Tags: Parenting, Professional Development, Education, teacher, Methods and Theories, educational technology, technology, learn, Kathy Cuff

Intrinsic Motivation can be Aversive — 12 comments

karen mahon wrote 10 months ago: A few days ago, a friend of mine, Matt Welch, wrote something on his blog that totally blew my mind. … more →

Tags: Education, Student, united states, Reading, twitter, Motivation, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, positive reinforcement

The Scourge of Suspending Kids with Disabilities — 5 comments

karen mahon wrote 10 months ago: I read an article in the NY Times this past week that made me really angry.  I don’t tend to g … more →

Tags: Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Plans, chicago public schools, Communication Plans, Disability, functional communication, IEP, Individualized Education Program, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Goodbye Teacher — 2 comments

karen mahon wrote 10 months ago: Last week I was reading a blog that discussed different teaching methodologies.  One of those method … more →

Tags: instructional design, Education, Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis, Columbia University, mastery learning, B. F. Skinner, programmed instruction, fred keller

Five Questions to Ask When Choosing Digital Content for Education

karen mahon wrote 11 months ago: There is just so much digital content out there … a simple Google search reveals hundreds of e … more →

Tags: App Reviews & Recs, instructional design, Instructional Design, Education, Student, teacher, Google, Education Technology, Digital Content

Three Revised Things to Unlearn About Learning — 28 comments

karen mahon wrote 11 months ago: Tina Barseghian wrote a nice piece today for Mind Shift about Will Richardson‘s 2012 ISTE pres … more →

Tags: Assessment, Education, teacher, standardized test, Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon, norm-referenced test, criterion referenced test, Education in the United States

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation...a false dichotomy? — 44 comments

karen mahon wrote 11 months ago: I had a fascinating “debate” of sorts with some of my Twitter colleagues two weeks ago. … more →

Tags: Angry Birds, Applied Behavior Analysis, B. F. Skinner, Behavior, Behavior Analysis, Behavior Management, cognitive learning, Education, extrinsic motivation

Carrots and StickKs...Achieving Behavior Change Goals

karen mahon wrote 1 year ago: Last week I attended the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International … more →

Tags: technology, Learning, stickk.com, Seattle, ian ayres, National Rifle Association, Yale School of Management, Association for Behavior Analysis International, facebook

What Do Austin Powers and My Mom Have in Common? — 3 comments

karen mahon wrote 1 year ago: “Oh, Behave!” My post today is in honor of my mom, Jane Mahon, and other mothers out the … more →

Tags: Parenting, Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis, Child, MOTHERS DAY, Mother, parent, power of positive parenting, Family

Apply! Apply! Apply! — 5 comments

Missy wrote 1 year ago: “Today we are fortunate to have a guest blogger, Dr. Melisa (Missy) Reed from Marshall Univers … more →

Tags: teacher, iPad, Behavior, Marshall University, FBA, Special Education, Applied Behavior Analysis

Social Influence - Part III – How Social Influence can be Applied by a Trainer? — 2 comments

Shafali R. Anand wrote 2 years ago: This is the third and the final post in this series on Social Influence. Read the first part, “ Defi … more →

Tags: Observing Learning, Instructional Design Concepts, Training, Cognitive Psychology, Adult Learning, Classroom Training, Application of ID Concepts, Theories & Models, The Philosophy of Learning

Social Influence - Part II – Its Manifestation in a Classroom — 2 comments

Shafali R. Anand wrote 2 years ago: This is the second post in this series on Social Influence and its manifestation and application in … more →

Tags: Observing Learning, Instructional Design Concepts, Cognitive Psychology, Adult Learning, Motivation, Classroom Training, Application of ID Concepts, Theories & Models, The Philosophy of Learning


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