Habits of the Mind and Heart

Posted by Chip on November 9, 2011

A recent article by Tina Barseghian on Mind Shift does a great job of focusing attention on the “praise for achievement vs. praise for effort” debate of great interest to Responsive Classroom practitioners. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click [...]

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Summer Reading That Will Light Up Your Teaching!

Posted by Chip on July 28, 2008

The last line in the book I’m about to recommend reads, “This is how school can sound.” Whether you’re about to enter your first classroom or have been teaching for 20 years, I can think of no better book to recommend to you this summer then Paula Denton’s The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language [...]

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