Effective teachers have a gift for noticing what one researcher calls "withitness."

Re:Effective teachers have a gift for noticing what one rese... by michaelneale on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @07:33PM (#392109)

Does it bother anyone else that a researcher has to use "withitness" when other words or definition would have sounded better and read less like pop-psychology noise?

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Re:Effective teachers have a gift for noticing what one rese... by create_account on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @07:49PM (#392135)

He's hoping to coin a phrase like "tipping point" and turn it into a best-seller.

(I don't like it, either, but it does make sense from a marketing perspective)

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Re:Effective teachers have a gift for noticing what one rese... by ig1 on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @03:17AM (#392643)

Withitness is actually a standard term in the research it was coined by educational theorist Jacob Kounin in 1970.

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Re:Effective teachers have a gift for noticing what one rese... by michaelneale on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @05:07PM (#393546)

really? I will assume so as I am too lazy to google this time of the morning. In that case I take it all back !

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Re:Effective teachers have a gift for noticing what one rese... by michaelneale on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @01:37AM (#392573)

Yes I could see how someone might try to do that. I need to coin something - any ideas?

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