The Cure for Boredom: Enhancing Curiosity in the Classroom
Thursday, October 21, 2021

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Curiosity Factor #10: Open-Endedness      by Mike Horton Imagine that there are two tables in front of you. One table has a billion dollars ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Curiosity Factor #9: Research on Reducing Boredom

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Whatever you're reading this on, whether a book or device, take some time to follow this procedure now. Touch the upper left corner, tou...
Friday, February 26, 2021

Curiosity Factor #6: Story-Telling

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We have a new blogger on the team, Mike Alpert! From now on, I'll note who the author of each blog post is. Connect with Mike at @heymik...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Curiosity Factor #5: Autonomy

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In the comments below, imagine that you are a middle school student. What would the ideal classroom be for you? What would it look like? Wha...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Curiosity Factor #4: Anchoring

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In the movie, The Martian, rescue attempts are hampered because (as scientists explain) there are only particular windows to launch a craft ...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Curiosity Factor #3: Mystery

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Ponder this question for a few minutes and see if you can come up with a solution. You are the manager of a hardware store and three boxes a...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Curiosity and Equity

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Our nation is in the midst of an equity crisis and has been for some time now. Statistics for graduation, post-high school access, employmen...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

Curiosity Research Part 2: Curiosity and IQ

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In Major League Baseball, the median ranked player (according to fantasy baseball rankings) made $3.25 million dollars last year (Leury Gar...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Curiosity Factor #2: Inquiry

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            Before we get started with this blog, I’d like to ask a favor of you. Please go over to this link filled with great resources o...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Curiosity Factor #1: Novelty

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Below is an audio player with a sound effect. Please click on the play button before continuing to read below. What did you feel whe...
Monday, December 16, 2019

Curiosity Research

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If you were asked what it is that separates humans from the rest of the intelligent animals, how would you answer? There are many possible s...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Why Curiosity?

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We’ve all done it at least once… getting lost in a Wikipedia black hole. You started looking up who won Best Picture at the Golden Globes la...
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