Self-Discipline

Self-Discipline Creates Motivation

Language Arts

Writes papers before the night they are due

Math

Do the homework before the teacher grades it

Science

Understand the material a chapter at a time

Health

Pay attention in class

Music

Memorize your songs and lyrics

5th-6th graders

Interest

Attention Span

hands on activity- always changing
activities as well

Relevance

How does the topic relate to that
child

Gender

Boys

-Treat boys like boys
-Bring back recess
-encourage
-use competition
-use feedback

Girls

-Hands on
-Have an organization system
-Let girls have talk time

Trends

Piaget

Concrete Operational Stage

Development of logical thoughts
Able to internalize information
Construct and test Hypotheses

Vygotsky

Self talk which leads to internalization

How to stay on top of writing
a final 8 page paper

The assignment is assigned 6 weeks in advance
START YOUR ASSIGNMENT THEN

Write at least a paragraph a day and research your topic

Bad example: Don't put of
researching or starting your paper.

This rule applies in all aspects of writing. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE.

Students can undergeneralize and think the assignment is as simple as the other assignments throughout the semester and
wait until the last day.

Students may believe that all paper will be long and hard and will start to take shortcuts on every assignment

Correlational Features

All teachers grade the same

You can use the same outline for every writing assignment

You don't need to start until the night before it's due