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Attention & Focus-Crucial Learning Skills

by Laura Maniglia | Dec 12, 2020 | attention & focus, classroom management, cognitive skills, instruction, mindset, note-taking, student engagement, students, study skills, teachers, Tutorial

The ability to learn relates directly to paying attention and focus. So what is the distinction between these two cognitive skills? “Attention is a natural function of the body because individuals are constantly in a state of paying attention to different aspects of...

Becoming Expert

by Laura Maniglia | Jul 17, 2019 | attention & focus, cognitive skills, instruction, interpersonal relations, metacognition, mindset, non-cognitive skills, student engagement, students

Most people realize that mastering a skill of any type requires practice. “Prodigies” may exhibit astounding capabilities, but the public sees them “after the fact.” The audience is not privy to the many years of sweat and toil these experts devoted to achieve their...

How “Plastic” Are You?

by Laura Maniglia | Jun 23, 2019 | attention & focus, cognitive skills, mindset, non-cognitive skills

Few people dispute that weight training changes muscle fibers. A “98 pound weakling” can change his physique by regularly training muscles to promote their growth. The succinct statement by...

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...

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 ...

Be wary of “Anti-social” Media!

by Laura Maniglia | Nov 8, 2018 | cognitive skills, interpersonal relations, mindset, non-cognitive skills, SEL, students

A recent book entitled The Coddling of the American Mind provides a rather disturbing view of the emotional state of the generation now present on college campuses. Known as “iGen” (short for Internet Generation) or “Generation Z,” they...