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"Killing a learner’s natural curiosity doesn’t happen overnight. It can take as long as 12 years, and in some rare cases even that isn’t long enough. Learning environments focused on standards, assessment, and compliance allow for the implementation of research-based strategies in pursuit of streams of data to prove that learning is happening. Curiosity is nice, but it’s a monumental challenge to measure."
Beth Dichter's insight:
As we work with our students are we "killing a learner's natural curiosity" based on what happens in our classroom? This post looks at 12 ways we may be "killing curiosity" in our classrooms, often based on what we are being told to do with our students. As you read through this think about what you might shift, to allow your students to be more curious. 
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Common Sense Media offers this FREE Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum to help educators empower their students and their school communities to be safe, responsible, and savvy as they navigate this fast-paced digital world. Research-based learning. Video-rich and real-world. Compliant and aligned (e-rate). Grade K-5, 6-8, 9-12.
Elizabeth Milovidov's curator insight,
November 12, 2014 9:53 AM
Always love insights from Common Sense Media.
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"This article presents 10 research-based principles of instruction, along with suggestions for classroom practice. These principles come from three sources: (a) research in cognitive science, (b) research on master teachers, and (c) research on cognitive supports…The fact that the instructional ideas from three different sources supplement and complement each others gives us faith in the validity of these findings." Although these ideas may not be new they are discussed in detail, potentially providing some new insights: * Begin each lesson with a short review of previous learning,
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Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado.
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