1. TAPPING STUDENT EFFORT: Increasing Student Achievement Saturday, November 21, 2009

2. Stephen G. Barkley Executive Vice President Performance Learning Systems 6227 Lower Mountain Road New Hope, PA 18938 888.424.9700 sbarkley@plsweb.com www.blogs.plsweb.com www.plsweb.com stevebarkley@twitter.com

3. #1WHAT ARE THE CHANGES IN STUDENT BEHAVIOR, PERFORMANCE, CHOICE, EFFORT, ETC. THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE PRECURSORS TO THE IMPROVEMENT IN STUDENT LEARNING THAT YOU SEEK? STUDENT CHANGES

4. What do you see in students that you place at each spot on this continuum? Fear Attention Comfort Bored Perception/Induction

5. What is your view of ABILITY? Fixed or Growth The growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts. Although people may differ in every which way--- in their initial talents and aptitudes, interest or temperaments--- everyone can change and grow through application and experience. Mindset………The New Psychology of Success Carol Dweck 2006

6. A TIME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ABILITY EFFORT DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY LUCK

8. Providing Pictures of Success Future Plans Updraft/Downdraft Goal Setting

9. Teaching Effort Time Persistence---Practice Patience Repetition of Success

10. Getting Started Payoff Cost

11. Differentiation to Create Motivation Students differ in their reasons to work hard….. put in effort Survival Belonging Power Freedom Fun

12. Differentiation to Create Manageable Tasks Students need to trust teacher …… effort will pay off Totally Safe Safety Net Push Off Cliff

13. Differentiate for Learning Styles

14. Quick-Pick Interpretation of The Kaleidoscope Profile ® Results SENSORY STYLES Kinesthetic: Works best when able to move and do things with large muscles. Tactual : Works best when able to feel through small muscles and personal relationships. Visual: Works best when able to see, watch, read, and view. Auditory: Works best when able to hear, speak, discuss, and think out loud.

15. AS AG CG CS Organizational Continuum PerceptualContinuum Concrete Sequential part by part procedures step by step directions real world things Abstract Sequential discuss, read compute numbers sequentially and analyze verbally do things in their head Concrete Global trial/error real world in random discovery method of learning Abstract Global discuss ideas, concepts, pattern, associations play with words create metaphors

16. Quick-Pick Interpretation of The Kaleidoscope Profile ® Results TEMPERAMENT STYLES Intuitive Feeler: Values integrity, relationships and personal and emotional issues. Intuitive Thinker: Values competence, rational reasoning, and intellectual complexities. Sensing Judger: Values authority, organization, predictability, and usefulness. Sensing Perceiver: Values action, excitement, style, competition, and immediate responses.

17. Differentiate for the At Risk Learner Kinesthetic Concrete Global Sensing Perceiver

18. Live Event Learning

19. Differentiate Through Choice What ways can you build choice into student assignments that empower students and connect their effort to a payoff? How can you combine responsibility with choice?