On 4 December 2015, Jim Wright presented an invited workshop, Finding the Spark: How to Break the Cycle of Learned Helplessness and Re-engage the Unmotivated Student, at the Eastern Suffolk BOCES in Holbrook, NY. Here are resources shared at the workshop:
- PPT: Finding the Spark: How to Break the Cycle of Learned Helplessness and Re-engage the Unmotivated Student [1]
- Handout [2]
Useful Free Online Apps to Create Student Academic-Process Materials:
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [5]: Create customized behavior checklists for teacher use and student self-monitoring.
- Behavior Report Card Maker [6]: Make customized behavior rating scales to rate student behaviors and have students monitor their own learning.
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [7]. Use this app to create checklists of academic survival skills ('academic enablers').
Strategies for Student Academic Self-Management
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [8] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [9]
- Ask-Read-Tell. [8]The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form. [10]
- Learning Contracts [8]
- Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract| [11]Example of a Completed Learning Contract [12]
- Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract [13]|Example of a Completed Learning Contract [14]
- Student Self-Regulation: Work-Planning Conference: Description [15]
- Student Independent Work: Planning Tool: Interactive Form [16]
- Academic Survival Skills. [17] The student possesses strong work habits in global skills such as time management, study skills, and organization.