Are your students loathe to practice as much as they should? OK, you can stop laughing and pick yourself up off the floor now. I know it wasnt the brightest question.
But I asked it to make a point, of course. Havent you been guilty of that misbehavior? I personally am a lifetime repeat offender. As adults we all know intellectually that if you dont practice something, you dont get better. We tell our students and ourselves this until the bile rises in our throat threatening an embarrassing episode. So why do we keep putting it off?
In the darkest recesses of your psyche a nagging whisper gives you the answer. Its not fun. And in this day and age nobody wants to do anything thats not FUN!
Now while I am not an advocate of the everything should be entertaining school of thought, it is also true that practicing vies for your students miniscule attention span. Practicing is going head to head against the latest video game.
To compete with that there needs to be some pretty excellent mind candy. The very best flavor on the market seems to be success. Generally if you are good at something you like doing it over and over.
In order for you...