The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2016

How to Become a Master at Student Motivation From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Student self-motivation is, perhaps, the Holy Grail of teaching. In fact, the hardest days of teaching are when your students don’t care. Unleash student motivation.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2013

Join me today, Wednesday, June 12th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with returning guest Larry Ferlazzo. Larry will talk about his newest book, Self-Driven Learning : Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation. psid=2013-06-12.1708.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 11, 2011

Join me Tuesday, June 14th, for a live and interactive Future of Education interview with Larry Ferlazzo on his new book, Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers to Classroom Challenges. Larry Ferlazzo teaches English and Social Studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California.

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MindShift

MARCH 18, 2015

The excerpt below is from the book “ Building a Community of Self-Motivated Learners: Strategies to Help Students Thrive in School and Beyond ,” by Larry Ferlazzo. This excerpt is from the chapter entitled “I Still Want to Know: How Can You Get Students More Interested in Reading and Writing?”

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MindShift

APRIL 4, 2016

Excerpted from Navigating the Common Core with English Language Learners: Developing Higher-Order Thinking Skill s by Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull-Sypnieski, published by Jossey-Bass. Providing encouragement and feedback : This is another action that can support student agency. We are not talking about the “You’re so smart!

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