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Saying you taught it but the student didn't learn it is like saying you sold it but the customer didn't buy it.

Saying you taught it but the student didn't learn it is like saying you sold it but the customer didn't buy it.

Alfie Kohn
Teaching, Taught, Students

Learning is something students do, NOT something done to students.

Alfie Kohn
Educational, Done, Students

John Dewey reminded us that the value of what students do 'resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater thoughtfulness, not in the greater strain it imposes.

Alfie Kohn
Connections, Students, Thoughtfulness
Alfie Kohn (2007). “The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing”, p.72, Da Capo Press

Assessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students.

Alfie Kohn
Assessment, Expectations, Students
Alfie Kohn (2000). “The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "tougher Standards"”, p.198, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

To control students is to force them to accommodate to a preestablished curriculum.

Alfie Kohn
Curriculum, Students, Force
Alfie Kohn (1999). “Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes”, p.165, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Grades dilute the pleasure that a student experiences on successfully completing a task.

Alfie Kohn
Tasks, Students, Pleasure
Alfie Kohn (1999). “Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes”, p.220, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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