Learning Made Easier

We all know a perfectionist who struggles with beliefs like “Only perfect is good enough.” But there is a way to derail those damaging beliefs! Join Adam and Dinur as we talk about the technique of strategic half-assing.

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Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day by Todd Henry

Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies System

7 Steps to Remove Toxic Beliefs and Overcome Confirmation Bias

How to Overcome Perfectionism: 4 Secrets from Research

How to Stop Wearing Yourself Out

Often, our students measure learning not by skills gained or new ways of looking at content, but by the grades earned. We have talked about what grades mean in college and that grades should not define students’ identities, but we know they do. So, as teachers, what can we do to help our students focus on learning and growing, rather than on their GPA? Join Dinur and Adam as we discuss this question!

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Edutopia.org, “5 Ways to Help Students Focus on Learning Rather than Grades”

Mistakes are one of the cornerstones of how learning happens, but many educators and students are afraid of them. Join Dinur and Adam as we discuss why mistakes are beneficial and how to use them to your advantage.

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Patchwriting is a form of plagiarism that most students aren’t aware is plagiarism – substituting in words into the sentence structure of a source. It’s like Academic MadLibs. In this episode, Adam and Dinur compare paraphrasing to patchwriting, explain why patchwriting is a form of plagiarism, and go over how to paraphrase instead of patchwrite.

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It’s way too easy to blame others and ourselves when things go wrong. But there are more healthy ways to handle problems! In this episode, Dinur and Adam talk about what blame is, why we do it, how it interferes with learning and growing, and what to do instead.

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We’ve all probably heard the term “inclusive teaching.” But what does it mean, for ourselves and our students? Join Dinur and Adam as we talk about the different aspects of inclusive teaching, and how to bring it into the classroom.

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In a recent Inside Higher Ed article, survey results showed 9 different reasons why students cheat. Join Adam and Dinur as we go over these reasons, as well as some ways to help students stop cheating.

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Finding joy in learning used to be easy – when we were in grade school. What happened? Why did learning become drudgery, instead of fun? In this episode, Dinur and Adam talk about why learning used to be fun, why it stopped being fun, and how to bring it back again.

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We’ve all been there – we have a decision to make, and we can’t make it.  In this episode, Adam and Dinur talk about the different reasons this can happen, and some ways of moving forward and actually making the decisions we need to make, even if we’re stuck.

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The pandemic has traumatized almost everyone. In higher education, however, we are trying to keep going on as if nothing’s wrong. Borrowing from the K-12 practices of trauma-informed teaching, Adam and Dinur talk about how to implement these practices in our own teaching practice – and how it will help both ourselves and our students.

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