Thursday, March 22, 2012

Developing a Robust Process for Improvement
Part 4 of 4: Improving at Improving


The fill-in-the-blank form that I (Alaina) presented in part 3 may be useful as a robust process for improvement.  Really, its usefulness relies on having your own personal knowledge and experience about strategies you might use to improve.

And now I get metacognitive when I say: the more knowledge you have about the process of improvement, the more you can improve your process of improvement.  So, the last post in this series is a list of related reading on the topic of improving your process of improvement.  Enjoy!

Books:
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford
The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz
Better by Mistake by Alina Tugend

Articles:
Ertmer, D.J., & Ertmer, P.A. (1998).  Constructivist Strategies in Phonological Intervention: Facilitating Self-Regulation for Carryover.  Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 29, 67-75.

Websites:
Edge: What have you changed your mind about?
Edge: What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?
Study Hacks by Cal Newport