Steven Northup > Quotes

“People may forget what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“We expect a communication gap, but never in the way it plays out in reality.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“Students ignore teachers because what they say and do is simply Not Instinctively Important to them.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“Teachers are Master Overthinkers.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“It’s nearly impossible for the brain to remember something we can’t connect with. If we can’t apply and use what we learn, the brain will instinctively delete it as a survival mechanism. So, Tell Them what they are learning, and Why.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“Great teachers everywhere do that very thing, each and every day. We use chunking every day to break our content into small, easy-to-understand pieces. Until we are rushed and short on time. Which is . . . almost always. Then sometimes we slip into the dreaded Data Dumping.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“Weird/Made-up Words are engaging, can explain complex concepts instantly, and are highly memorable.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“Intuitions are not to be ignored, Watson. They represent data processed too fast for the conscious mind to comprehend.” —Sherlock Holmes (Wink)”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“Building commonalities, showing cool vulnerability, and admitting mistakes creates connection, relationship, and safety in Albrainian.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“Teachers are almost always the lead singer in the classroom. We hate to give up the mic. We can’t stop talking. (Hint—that’s not the most effective teaching method.) So, for the band to thrive, we also need to play the supporting role and let others solo.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“We can never predict how a student will turn out. Or what might trigger an entire life change. For better or worse. So stop predicting. Just plant the best seeds you have—every day.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“There is no learning without remembering.” —Socrates”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“According to Harvard scientist Gerald Zaltman (and many others), decisions are generated in the brain’s emotional center. He has shown that patients with damage to their emotional centers become unable to make decisions. So, while people may claim that they decide things with logic and reasoning, emotion actually drives most of our decision-making. Not logic.”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick

“When I have to, it’s so hard. But when I want to, it’s so easy!”
― Steven Northup, Engaging the Student Brain: 7 Hard-to-Ignore Teaching Techniques That Make Things Stick