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Study: It's not teacher, but method that matters | Teaching and Learning...
Who's better at teaching difficult physics to a class of more than 250 college students: the highly rated veteran professor using time-tested lecturing, or the inexperienced graduate students...
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Single Best Way to Transform Classrooms of Any Size! | HASTAC
It may sound like I'm selling snake oil, but I actually do have one trick that, at no cost, can transform your classroom or public speaking event, whether a seminar or a lecture, whether for 8 year...
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Instructional Strategies
Instructional methods are used by teachers to create learning environments and to specify the nature of the activity in which the teacher and learner will be involved during the lesson. While...
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Google World Wonders Project
From the archaeological areas of Pompeii to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Google’s World Wonders Project aims to bring to life the wonders of the modern and ancient world.See it on Scoop.it, via Learning
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Get Ideas | Center for Instructional Technology
ExamplesFind out how other Duke faculty use technology in their teaching in our examples section. AssessmentAssessment frequently refers to the measurement of individual student learning outcomes or...
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The Curated One-Stop Hub for Learning Video: Mobento
Robin Good: Mobento is a hub of curated educational video clips integrating a special search engine capable of finding any word spoken inside the video collection and of visualizing where the words...
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Personalised and self regulated learning in the Web 2.0 era
International exemplars of innovative pedagogy using social software.See it on Scoop.it, via Learning
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Teaching Strategies | Facing History and Ourselves
Darren Kuropatwa's insight:"Use student-centered teaching strategies that nurture students' literacy and critical thinking skills within a respectful classroom climate. The strategies suggested here...
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Technology In Education: A Brief Introduction
A brief introduction to fundamental aspects of using technology in education.Darren Kuropatwa's insight:Ruben Puendetura describes in his own words how his SAMR model (Substitution, Augmentation,...
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IMAP: Integrating Mathematics and Pedagogy
Integrating Mathematics and Pedagogy (IMAP) is a federally funded (IERI), 3-year project designed to integrate information about children's thinking about mathematics into mathematics content courses...
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AZk12 - Professional Development for Educators
Darren Kuropatwa's insight:A useful guide, with video exemplars, for teachers thinking about how to meaninguflly use technology to support teaching & learning in the classroom.The Technology...
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The Goals of Mathematical Education » Mathematically Sane
Darren Kuropatwa's insight:Few people have ever had the depth of understanding of George Polya about teaching, learning and pedagogy; especially as it applies to mathematics."I wish to talk to you...
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Dylan Wiliam - Views from leading thinkers - Journey To Excellence
Darren Kuropatwa's insight:A thoughful collection of short videos of Dylan William discussing research based practices around formative assessment, creativity, personalised learning, metacognition and...
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MATHAGOGY
two minute mathematics educationDarren Kuropatwa's insight:Two minute video mashups of math & pedagogy. This is where the rubber hits the road. Outstanding resource. Even better, contribute your...
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Overcoming The Illusion of Understanding | Common Craft
Darren Kuropatwa's insight:"The process of trying to make a subject understandable for others helps me see it from a new perspective. This is one of the more powerful aspects of explanation that is...
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The Rational Number Project
Darren Kuropatwa's insight:"The Rational Number Project is an ongoing research project investigating student learning and teacher enhancement."An excellent collection of "research into practice"...
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Planning: "Winging it is sometimes fun, but it’s a bad way to run a railroad...
“The post below is a greatly revised version of a 2-year-old post. I thought it worth doing in light of a recent comment to the previous post on the teacher job description. Here is the comment:...
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How Does the Brain Learn Best? Smart Studying Strategies
A practical and engaging guide to smart studying tips.Darren Kuropatwa's insight:"Students need to understand that learning happens not only during reading and studying, but in all sorts of ways, so...
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You Can Learn Anything - YouTube
Khan Academy is on a mission to unlock the world's potential. Most people think their intelligence is fixed. The science says it’s not. It starts with knowingDarren Kuropatwa's insight:Regardless what...
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How To Think | Farnam Street
"It’s uncomfortable to focus so intensely on what you’re bad at."Darren Kuropatwa's insight:"Two of the most important executive functions are cognitive flexibility and cognitive self-control....
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10 Principles We’ve Learned About Learning
Research in the learning sciences has produced massive amounts of information on the brain, intelligence, and the learning process. Because the education system and our learning processes are complex,...
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Ask the Cognitive Scientist
How does the mind work—and especially how does it learn? Teachers' instructional decisions are based on a mix of theories learned in teacher education, trial and error, craft knowledge, and gut...
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How a Bigger Purpose Can Motivate Students to Learn
Psychologists are finding that when students are motivated by a desire to have a positive impact on the world they are more able to plug away at challenging or tedious tasks.Darren Kuropatwa's...
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How to never forget anything ever again
My exploration of Spaced RepetitionDarren Kuropatwa's insight:This post is a testimonial with some good links to more resources about how to use "spaced repetition" to memorize things. While "learning"...
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Mastering Linear Algebra in 10 Days: Astounding Experiments in Ultra-Learning...
Scott Young recently finished an astounding feat: he completed all 33 courses in MIT's fabled computer science curriculum in a year; that's about 1 course each 1.5 weeks.See it on Scoop.it, via Learning
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Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrong | GeekDad | Wired.com
Taking notes during class? Topic-focused study? A consistent learning environment? All are exactly opposite of the best strategies for learning.Darren Kuropatwa's insight:Better alternatives include:...
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nzmaths | Numeracy Workshops | Number Framework | Introducing Online Numeracy
Welcome to the introduction to Online Numeracy PD. These modules provide information to support teachers in understanding the Number Framework, and guidance on planning and implementing a classroom...
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The lesson you never got taught in school: How to learn! | Big Think
A paper published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest has evaluated ten techniques for improving learning, ranging from mnemonics to highlighting and came to some surprising conclusions....
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How to Learn Anything Faster With the Feynman Technique
Using the Feynman Technique you can learn anything. If you think you know something but can't explain it, you don't understand it.Darren Kuropatwa's insight:"The Feynman Technique Step 1. Choose the...
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How curiosity changes the brain to enhance learning
The more curious we are about a topic the easier it is to learn information about that topic; and maybe about unrelated boring topics.Darren Kuropatwa's insight:Priming students with something that...
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