The Book The Power of Habit was begun in fall 2018. There was a great interest in the book and attendees agreed to continue the discussion in the spring.  Due to time schedules it was difficult to find common times to meet so attendance was not as high as it was during the fall meetings.

The first session was held on 4/3 from 11:30-12:30 p.m.

After a brief introduction by attendees we talked about our goals for our semester goals for students. Chapter 3 focuses on changing habits. The golden rule of habit change says that to change a habit, it is important to keep the cue and the reward the same, while inserting a new routine into the habit loop.  We talked about how we can use these rules to get our students to develop good learning habits.  Discussions included how we could positivity frame expectations to students on the syllabus and during class meeting to encourage learning. And to encourage the development of good learning habits.  We talked about the techniques of positive behavior therapy and how that approach may be used to help students.

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