Beyond Behaviors

Should Bloggers Cite Sources in Their Posts?

Should bloggers cite sources in their posts similar to journalists citing their sources when writing a magazine article or students writing research papers? As a blogger I try to cite, as best as I can, sources of information. Sometimes, because I’m lazy or careless or both, I fail to do so. Because there really isn’t [...]

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The Three Types of Face-to-Face Human Communication

In face-to-face human interactions, people talk or communicate using three (and sometimes a combination of) different modes. Oftentimes, not being aware of the subtleties that exist among the different types can cause embarrassment (at best) or end up being really offensive leading to (sometimes) physical altercations. The three types of face-to-face “talks” are: Verbal: what we [...]

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How Character Education and Avoiding the “Microwave Mentality” Can Change the World

Part of my daily ritual is to always check Leo Babauta’s Zen Habits. This morning I saw an article titled, “Faith in Humanity: How to Bring People Closer, and Restore Kindness” and wanted to chime in with my thoughts. Thank you Leo for bringing this topic to light as it’s something that I’ve been wanting to discuss. Leo shares, “I’m [...]

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What Makes Someone an Expert?

The Blog Herald, a blog and blogging related online news site, ran an interesting story about what qualifies someone to be an “expert.” Lorelle VanFossen, the author of the article, asked: We all run across bloggers claiming to be experts in their subject, or other bloggers writing about these people and calling them “experts”. What makes them [...]

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Grade Retention - The Statistics

In doing research on grade retention (i.e., keeping students back a grade), I came across some startling statistics: • Research between 1911 - 1999 and beyond concluded that there is no evidence for retaining kids [Holmes, 1989; Jimerson, 2001 in Anderson, G., Whipple, A., & Jimerson, S. (2002)]. • In fact, studies showed negative effects on [...]

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