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The “Recipe” for Instilling Intrinsic Motivation in Students

by Laura Maniglia | Mar 17, 2019 | attention & focus, cognitive skills, creativity, instruction, interpersonal relations, metacognition, mindset, SEL, soft skills, student engagement, students, teachers

Intrinsic motivation, the type that emanates from an internal drive rather than an external one, empowers an individual to persist in any endeavor. An elite athlete training for the Olympics, or a classical pianist preparing for an international competition can...

Elements of Creativity

by Laura Maniglia | Feb 26, 2019 | active learning, attention & focus, classroom management, cognitive skills, creativity, instruction, SEL, student engagement

Specific characteristics of the creative individual appear to be disparate and elusive. Creativity takes many different forms, so attempting to define it can be an exercise in futility. Does a creative artist display the same characteristics as...

Supporting Creativity

by Laura Maniglia | Dec 12, 2018 | cognitive skills, creativity, metacognition, mindset, non-cognitive skills, soft skills, students

Children are naturally creative. In his very popular 2006 TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson explained that children “have extraordinary talents. Unfortunately, that attribute appears to diminish with age. A NASA study found that 98 percent of preschool children ...

Fostering Creativity in the Classroom

by Laura Maniglia | Jan 11, 2018 | active learning, creativity, instruction, learning, mindset, student engagement

Is creativity innate, or can it be taught? This question is the subject of debate among educators, neuroscientists, and psychologists. Unfortunately, the current model of the American education system is based on a “factory model” that does not encourage...

The Effect of Digital Devices on Children’s Brains

by Laura Maniglia | Aug 29, 2016 | academic standing, active learning, brain development, cognitive skills, creativity, instruction, intelligence, intrinsic motivation, learning, Sleep

A recent article on the Market Watch site features a disturbing headline: “Screens are hooking kids on ‘digital heroin.’” The article chronicles the case of a young child who became disengaged from his previous physical activities like outdoor play and...

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