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Are Your Students Thinking—or Just Complying? | Ashley Doty
What if a student looks completely engaged—taking notes, following directions, doing exactly what the teacher asked—but isn't actually doing much thinking?
In this episode, I talk with Ashley Doty, founder of Uncomplicate Ed, about the difference between behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement—and why compliance can so easily masquerade as learning.
We dig into what Ashley noticed while observing students taking notes in a high school chemistry class, how a small change to the note-taking process could require students to do more of the thinking themselves, and why teachers and…
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