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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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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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Une Education Pour Demain
Pédagogie constructiviste de Caleb Gattegno...exploring and putting into practice Caleb Gattegno's theories of subordinating teaching to learning.See it on Scoop.it, via Learning
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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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