Buddhism And Listomania

It is very important to perceive that this ‘listo-mania’ that seems to haunt the Asian / Indian mind, giving teachings a form of lists of 3, 6, 9, 12…elements, has nothing to do with the unde…

Hiding Place

Could it be that the esoteric part of Christ’s teaching,Whose existence has been claimed to lie in apocryphal Gospels,Actually stands in the canonical Gospels ?Could it be that those who hoped to u…

The Quotations Page: Quote from W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman

"For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don't want to learn--much."

Kawasaki's Theorem -- from Wolfram MathWorld

A theorem giving a criterion for an origami construction to be flat. Kawasaki's theorem states that a given crease pattern can be folded to a flat origami iff all the sequences of angles alpha_1, ..., alpha_(2n) surrounding each (interior) vertex...

Expanding Retrieval Practice for Preschoolers — The Learning Scientists

Today’s post features a set of experiments conducted by Catherine Fritz and colleagues (1) with preschool children. We have actually cited this paper a few times on our blog, when we covered why the spacing effect has failed to make it into...

Professors, tap into your students’ knowledge and culture

“The best way to nurture new scientists is to allow students to be themselves,” this student writes

Minimalist Wisdom

There is no need to inform at all costs, whether we are in a didactic context (student information), therapeutic situation (physiological information), teaching wisdom (information on our spiritual…

My Year as a Digital Vegan — Part I — 2021 in Review

Dr. Andy Farnell shares his experiences from this past year; today we start with a short first part

English schools banned from using anti-capitalist material in teaching

The London Economic - John McDonnell said the measures symbolised growing “authoritarianism” in the Conservative party - Politics

The Influence of NeoTrie VR’s Immersive Virtual Reality on the Teaching and Learning of Geometry

The use of dynamic, three-dimensional software with virtual reality offers new possibilities for the teaching and learning of geometry. We explore the effects of introducing the immersive virtual reality software NeoTrie VR in real classes. Within...

Can Math Make You Feel Better? — The Learning Scientists

As a former high school math and science teacher, one question drove me nuts: when will we ever use this again? According to researchers Kron et al. (1) , it turns out the stuff you learned in school just might be the kind of cognitive exercises...

Higher Education Is Exploiting International Students for Cheap Teaching Labor

Academic labor should be compensated no matter who is doing the teaching.

Teachers Have Reached a Breaking Point. But Remedies Do Exist. - EdSurge News

Burned out, tired, demoralized, at a breaking point. Spend time with teachers these days, and phrases such as these will come up often. It's not a new ...

Digest #156: Learning (More) About Neurodiversity — The Learning Scientists

I (Megan) have been learning a lot about neurodiversity and the way we think about divergence vs. disorders. I have appreciated learning about these areas so much, and have appreciated the opportunities to hear experts and those who have...

GUEST POST: Taughtology: The incorrect science of teaching wrongly — The Learning Scientists

As a teacher who has taught English for twenty-five years, I have some thoughts. In my experience, words spelt correctly in spelling tests are often incorrectly spelt in a piece of writing – even in the same week. … If you think about the way that...