“I’m not good at this yet” and to take steps to change that.” — Peter H. Johnston Change Copy Share Image
“One of the children excitedly jumped in with, “Yeah, the bad guy broke the window and …” Susie immediately reframed the narrative.… — Peter H. Johnston Bad guy Copy Share Image
“Cheryl: When you don’t understand what someone said, remember, it’s your job to ask them to explain.” — Peter H. Johnston Learning Copy Share Image
“For example, Pegeen’s students have constructed time lines of their lives, replete with photos and annotations, and posted them on the wall,… — Peter H. Johnston Communication Copy Share Image
“For example, in Susie’s kindergarten class, children have responsibilities, including being the teacher for certain routines.” — Peter H. Johnston Children Copy Share Image
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. —ALBERT EINSTEIN1” — Peter H. Johnston Copy Share Image
“If you’re going to offer critique, focus on the process and possibility.” — Peter H. Johnston Copy Share Image
“However, they must also be able to count on respect and freedom from personal judgment.” — Peter H. Johnston Freedom Copy Share Image
“Oh, so if we look at the picture we can tell which word makes sense.” Then, rather than praising them, she offers… — Peter H. Johnston Copy Share Image
“knowledge is constructed, and that people play an active role in its construction.” — Peter H. Johnston Engineering Copy Share Image
“Do you think that when Barack Obama was a young boy in kindergarten, do think that sometimes he made mistakes?” — Peter H. Johnston Failure Copy Share Image
“Third, by not judging it as good or otherwise, the teacher shows that judging is not what happens in this class. Instead,… — Peter H. Johnston Copy Share Image
“Our respect is such that we assume that children will try to fix their error and make better decisions next time.” — Peter H. Johnston Children Copy Share Image
“What if instead we said, “Look at how you …” That would simply turn children’s attention to the process and away from… — Peter H. Johnston Children Copy Share Image
“Rather, in discussions of books we should cast characters not in terms of stable character traits, but in terms of internal states,… — Peter H. Johnston Books Copy Share Image
“There are three entirely consistent characteristics of groupthink: closed-mindedness, pressure toward uniformity, and overestimation of the in-group.31” — Peter H. Johnston Copy Share Image
“When you added dialogue to your piece, I really understood how Amy [the character] felt.” This is not so much praise as… — Peter H. Johnston Communication Copy Share Image
“Make a picture in your mind.” She then asks, “How many of you do that? Karla, your hand went up really quickly.… — Peter H. Johnston Psychology Copy Share Image
“First, it gets children into the habit of explaining successes and failures in terms of strategy use.” — Peter H. Johnston Children Copy Share Image
“The purpose of feedback is to improve conceptual understanding or increase strategic options while developing stamina, resilience, and motivation—expanding the vision of… — Peter H. Johnston Dreams Copy Share Image
“Do you want to attend to this book or do you want to read by yourself?” The student responded, “Read by myself.” — Peter H. Johnston Book Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry, Shatara. I just did your job.” With a single utterance, she apologized, reviewed the normality of making errors (and of… — Peter H. Johnston Copy Share Image
“The same research suggests that increasing the stress on schools, such as through high-stakes testing, is ill advised. Indeed, researchers have shown… — Peter H. Johnston Science Copy Share Image
