A couple of weeks ago, in my blog Get the Basics Right First, I talked about the executive functions of your brain. You’ll find more about that this today. The next executive function is attention. Several … Continue reading
Executive functions of the brain Last week I attended the excellent Learning and the Brain conference in Boston. At this conference you get to hear neuroscientists and other researchers talking about their research and how it impacts on learning. … Continue reading
Difference and Sameness Which situations do you learn the most from? The comfortable ones or the uncomfortable ones? It’s very easy to spend all your time with people you like and get on well with. What is … Continue reading
Do you learn from your mistakes? I’m sure you do. It’s the best way to learn, isn’t it? From your own mistakes? Well, it might be, but there are other ways too. And they can be quicker and very powerful. … Continue reading
As part of her research on the brain Marian Diamond did some experiments to find out how effectively rats could recover from brain damage and if their brain development would have any impact on the recovery. She had three types … Continue reading
So often you see people give feedback really badly. I expect you have seen it yourself or even been the unlucky recipient. It’s Not Feedback The trouble is it’s easy to imagine that “letting people know where they have gone … Continue reading
Your brain makes up 2% of your total weight – about 3lbs or 1.4kg. But guess how much energy it uses: 20% of all your energy. That’s one meal in every five you eat. What’s Your Brain Like? Your brain … Continue reading
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Appraisal feedback 
Posted on December 6, 2011 by admin Posted in Appraisals and Performance Reviews, Feedback, Learning | Tagged Apprasal comments, Carol Dwek, Feedback, Learning | 2 Comments
Last week we talked about appraisals comments. I gave 19 real examples, some actually recommended by professionals. If you saw the blog last week you will know that I went through all of them explaining why they were so bad … Continue reading →