L'Habitille: Habits that Count!

Dr. Watts presents the third ingredient in the Habit Loop as described by Duhigg. She associates it to classroom situations and with her guest Florida, educator, Geoffrey Bagnatto, they discuss the realities of rewards in the classroom and how they influence learning.

In this episode Dr. Watts explores the second ingredient of the Habit loop and its impact on implementation of initiatives in classrooms, at home, and in schools. She speaks to her first guest, a high school teacher in Brevard county Florida. Mr. Bagnato shares his experiences with technology in his classrooms. He explains the reasons for being emphatic and consistent with his classroom routines a...

During this episode Dr. Watts introduces the first ingredient for habit formation and how it relates to implementation of initiatives in schools. She presents a real life school example as well as well researched examples. She invites educators to engage in the conversation on using habit to fuel impactful implementation.

In this episode Dr. Joseph Watts presents two examples to introduce the impact of habit on human behavior and success: one where a child refuses to function without a specific classroom condition, and one where even reluctant students compete to produce writing after they read. Listen, and then join the conversation by leaving a message.

This episode will look at the root cause of why an academic intervention might not work.